Process Engineer – New Product Introduction (NPI)
As a Process Engineer on our New Product Introduction (NPI) team, you’ll be at the forefront of transforming advanced manufacturing concepts into real-world products and solutions. Your role will be to design and scale processes that bridge the gap between prototype and production, ensuring high-volume manufacturability, validating first articles, and enabling the successful launch of products across EV, energy storage, and aerospace industries. This is more than engineering; it’s turning bold ideas into manufacturable realities that accelerate the future of power and data transmission.
These openings are for Level 4-5 engineers
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Scale innovative processes from prototype to high-volume manufacturing, driving yield, throughput, and manufacturability
- Design, implement, and validate manufacturing processes that ensure product scalability, quality, and reliability
- Build and qualify first articles while establishing process readiness for customer and internal validation
- Partner with customer-facing teams and cross-functional engineering groups to prove out product viability and readiness for commercialization
- Identify product development needs and act as a conduit for aligning process roadmaps with customer requirements and future technologies
- Conduct structured experiments and root cause analysis to de-risk manufacturing scale-up and accelerate product launches
- Work hands-on with high-volume manufacturing and R&D equipment
- Develop process documentation and train staff to ensure smooth handoff from NPI into sustained high-volume production
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Experience/Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related field.
- 5-7+ years of hands-on professional experience
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Proven experience scaling processes from prototype to production.
- Strong background in process design for manufacturability, yield improvement, and cost reduction.
- Experience with prototype builds, first article validation, and technical collaboration.
- Prior manufacturing start-up experience.
- Familiarity with advanced materials and high-volume manufacturing methods (e.g., vacuum lamination, thermally-activated adhesives, roll-to-roll processing, material patterning, laser welding)
- Solid background in statistical methods, data visualization, systematic experiment design, and related software (e.g. JMP, Minitab, etc.)
- Ability to synthesize and interpret complex data sets to understand physical phenomena and support data-driven decisions.
- Ability to safely and confidently operate and troubleshoot custom manufacturing and metrology equipment.
- Independent problem solver with a desire to learn new skills and new technology.
- Strong organization skills and a detail-oriented mindset.
- Able to adapt to changing requirements in a fast-paced start-up setting.
- Strong communicator and collaborator, energized by working across functions to bring products to market.
At CelLink, you won’t just be scaling processes - you’ll be building the bridge between innovation and mass production.
Physical Demands and Work EnvironmentThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Working Conditions/Hours
Salaried Exempt
Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment –
Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.
PPE
- May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.
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The base pay is just one part of CelLink's total compensation package and is determined within a range. The pay range is designed to support your career progression as you learn, grow, and develop within your role. Your base pay range will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
At CelLink, we believe that each employee should have the opportunity to become a CelLink shareholder through participation in CelLink's discretionary employee stock option plan. You'll also receive comprehensive medical and dental coverage and other great benefits.
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CelLink was founded in 2012 and entered volume production in 2018. CelLink provides electrical systems to the world's leading automotive OEMs & EV manufacturers, data center developers, and stationary power companies. The company has raised approximately $315M in funding through private investment and multiple grants from the US Department of Energy. CelLink’s investors include 3M, Atreides, BMW, BorgWarner, Bosch, D1 Capital, Fidelity, Fontinalis Partners, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lear, Park West, SK Telecom, Standard Investments, T. Rowe Price, Tinicum, and Whale Rock.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Materials Science, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field
- 5-7+ years of hands-on professional experience
- Experience scaling processes from prototype to production
- Process design for manufacturability, yield improvement, and cost reduction
- Experience with prototype builds, first article validation, and technical collaboration
- Prior manufacturing startup experience
- Familiarity with advanced materials and high-volume manufacturing methods, including vacuum lamination, thermally activated adhesives, roll-to-roll processing, material patterning, or laser welding
- Knowledge of statistical methods, data visualization, systematic experiment design, and software such as JMP or Minitab
- Ability to interpret complex datasets and support data-driven decisions
- Ability to safely operate and troubleshoot custom manufacturing and metrology equipment
- Strong organization, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and adaptability skills
- Ability to work in office and manufacturing environments and lift or move up to 50 pounds
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are described as broad, with generous PTO alongside paid sick days and holidays. Feedback suggests these policies are consistently highlighted across company and parent-group materials.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity or stock options are presented as a standard part of the package and are employer-verified on benefit listings. This indicates equity participation is commonly accessible rather than an exceptional perk.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is cited, with some noting a decent match. This points to a meaningful retirement component within the overall offering.
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