Quality · Douai, France

AESC | Senior Failure Analysis Engineer

AESC is looking for an experienced Failure Analysis Engineer to join their Gigafactory based in France

AESC is a global leader in battery technology and lithium-ion battery manufacturing, with state-of-the-art facilities in Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and China. As part of our ongoing expansion in France and across Europe, we are seeking a Senior Failure Analysis Engineer. This role involves characterizing and analyzing defects and failures in the battery production process, identifying root causes, and implementing process improvements to prevent defects and enhance overall production quality.

The position is located in Douai, France.

Responsibilities:

Conduct failure analysis for ESS and EV battery products during mass production.
Lead failure analysis efforts in response to customer complaints related to ESS and EV battery products.
Provide support for the operation of the local Failure Analysis (FA) laboratory.
Proactively identify and resolve critical issues with a decisive and solutions-focused approach

Skills and requirements:

Master’s degree or higher in a battery-related field.
More than 5 years of R&D experience in the power and energy storage lithium battery industry or over 3 years of experience in failure analysis within the lithium battery sector.
Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external customers to quickly analyze and resolve quality issues.
Fluent in English
Willingness to travel both within and outside of Europe

Departments: Quality
Locations: Douai, France
Sectors: Battery Manufacturing

Contact Mégane Khammar-Salopelto Recruiter & Headhunter – HR & Recruitment

Why AESC?

AESC is an exciting, newly created global organisation committed to solving the challenges of a sustainable future and becoming the leading supplier of full-value-chain battery solutions. Our lithium-ion batteries can be found in more than 700,000 electric vehicles worldwide. We are working hard towards unlocking the full potential of sustainable energy and climate change mitigation. We will continue to build upon our successes and expand into new markets and industries, producing innovative and competitive products and technologies that advance the goal of a zero-carbon emission future.

AESC is headquartered in China and Japan and has battery manufacturing locations in Japan, UK, China, US with several giga-projects ongoing in France, Spain, China, UK and Japan.

What can AESC offer you?

Learning & Development

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 & Colleagues

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.
Work at a world-class and innovative Gigafactoryy

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.