Engineering · Douai, France

AESC | Electrode Specialists and Experts

AESC stands proudly at the forefront of global battery technology, recognized as a premier lithium-ion battery manufacturer with operational bases spanning across Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. AESC has over 4,000 employees and 10 production plants in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., China, and France. For the past 12 years, AESC has produced high-performance, extended range batteries for more than 950,000 electric vehicles in 44 countries, achieving a record of “zero critical battery malfunction.” Embarking on an exciting journey, AESC is now establishing new battery gigafactories in both France and the U.K., presenting an exhilarating opportunity to become an indispensable part of Europe’s most significant and technologically advanced manufacturing ventures of recent times. Join AESC in pioneering the construction of never-before-seen gigafactories on a large scale and delve into the realm of emerging technologies to cater to Europe's exponentially growing electric vehicle market.

Purpose

AESC is looking to recruit technical specialists or experts in electrode manufacturing areas – mixing, coating, calendaring, slitting and laser cutting - to join our European Electrode Engineering team and play a crucial role in supporting the expansion of the battery manufacturing footprint in Europe. These roles report to the leadership for the electrode functional area and will focus on building the electrode manufacturing knowledge and driving engineering aspects of the gigafactories from startup and commissioning to full production capability. Activities to be carried out from remote and site-based locations, therefore flexibility to travel is essential.

The specialists and experts will initially join the core project team responsible for the Europe and UK battery plant launches supporting specific process areas of Electrode Manufacturing, integrating into activity phases throughout the buildout and commissioning of the new gigafactories. Acts as a knowledge resource person on equipment specific and process engineering to the functional engineering teams in their respective regions.

Responsibilities

The specialists and experts will be key contributors towards building a competent technical team responsible for defining, implementing, and continuously improving the AESC execution to production systems for electrode manufacturing in Europe. This position will be called upon as for technical expertise and innovation for their respective process specialty. We want to maintain the highest level of operational excellence and be at the forefront of electrode manufacturing engineering processes.

General tasks:

Act as subject matter expert representing Europe Engineering Centre electrode engineering team to support gigafactory operations for equipment integration, commissioning, and acceptance testing activities
Actively participate in technical interaction with counterparts in the Global Engineering Centre Asia engineering teams on electrode specifications to cell products, interfacing on product development, technology transfer and manufacturing best practices
Act as subject matter expert in attending design reviews and working with equipment suppliers for specified process areas
Provide ongoing technical support and work as an integral part of a multi-discipline cross functional team including leading root cause investigations
Work with respective plant engineering teams for the process maintenance of respective electrode process area, using 8D and other methods to solve product/process anomalies
With respective teams, develop and implement quality strategies to achieve KPI and quality targets for specialized process

Background and Requirements

A degree in Engineering including chemical, electro-chemical, manufacturing/ mechanical, materials or similar
Quality role focused on Process Equipment and product assessment/testing
Minimum of 5 years' work experience in similar role
Solid experience in rechargeable battery manufacturing or similar
Experience in automotive, automation/ machinery will be advantage
Experience of working at medium to large manufacturing company is preferred
Demonstrate proven skills in the application of systems engineering tools and techniques to deliver world class quality performance levels

Skills

Communication
Problem-Solving
Adaptability
Analytical and attention to detail
Result and goal oriented
Teamwork and collaboration

Departments: Engineering
Locations: Douai, France
Sectors: E-Mobility

Contact Tommi Toivonen Senior Headhunter & Research Competence Lead – HR & Recruitment

Rejoignez-nous dans cette aventure!

AESC est le leader mondial de la technologie des batteries et le fabricant de batteries lithium-ion avec des usines de batteries au Japon, Royaume-Uni, aux États-Unis et en Chine.

Il s’agit d'une opportunité passionnante de faire partie des usines de fabrication les plus prestigieuses de France, car AESC construit une nouvelle usine de fabrication de batteries à Douai, dans les Hauts-de-France, pour soutenir la croissance de son activité en Europe. Il s'agit d'une occasion unique de rejoindre l'un des développements industriels à grande échelle les plus passionnants depuis de nombreuses années, où des technologies nouvelles et émergentes seront adoptées pour soutenir le marché des véhicules électriques en croissance rapide

Que peut vous offrir l’AESC ?

Apprentissage et développement

AESC is a company that invests in its employees by offering a wide variety of training and development programs. Engineering training and onboarding programs for all business-critical-related functions. As the French entity is new, AESC is also investing in developing full employee onboarding plans. International development and learning possibilities for all employees in a worldwide environment.
Culture et collègues

AESC is an international company with production entities in Japan, the US, the UK, and China. A strong multi-cultural management team and organization; with a strong respect and a good understanding of cross-culture differences. Offers the platform for unlimited worldwide development opportunities for the employees to grow their careers.
Travaillez dans une Gigafactory innovante et de classe mondiale

AESC is investing almost two billion euros to build a battery manufacturing plant in the Hauts-de-France Region. The new Douai site will have a production capacity of 9GWh in 2024, with the potential to reach 24GWh by 2030 to produce state-of-the-art, low-carbon batteries. The site will initially supply the Renault factory which will be increasingly dedicated to producing the brand’s electric vehicles.