Senior Mechanical Engineer, Production

About Redwood Materials

Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.

Senior Mechanical Engineer, Production

Redwood Materials is seeking an entrepreneurial Senior Mechanical Engineer to support pilot projects and commercial scale production operations. This engineer will be responsible for leading continuous improvement projects across multiple manufacturing lines.

The final job title and level will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead the specification, procurement, and implementation of capital equipment.
• Design tooling and fixtures.
• Review and provide input on new process/equipment designs.
• Partner with mechanical development team to transition newly developed processes and equipment into manufacturing.
• Create and own process work instructions and standard operating procedures.
• Train manufacturing personnel on new processes and equipment.
• Analyze process data and metrics and drive improvements on safety, quality, and cost.
• Trouble-shoot and solve process and equipment issues.
• Identify and execute continuous improvement projects.

Desired Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• 5 - 7 years experience as a Mechanical Engineer
• Strong mechanical aptitude, including understanding of dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Strong organizational and project management skills; previous project management experience preferred.
• Prior experience leading capital acquisition processes.
• Experience with industrial scale processes and equipment, including automation.
• Detail oriented with an analytical and structured approach to problem solving.
• Experience with statistical data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with structured capital process, including process/equipment validation.
• Technical writing experience. <