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Develop and execute sourcing strategies for PCBA and electronic components used in iron-air battery systems. Manage strategic suppliers, contract manufacturers, negotiations, pricing, lead times, supplier KPIs, tier-two materials, and production scaling. Analyze market conditions, supplier capacity, technology roadmaps, and supply-demand risks while partnering with leadership, engineering, and supply chain teams. The hybrid Berkeley role requires approximately 30% domestic and international travel.

Design, prototype, test, and validate next-generation iron-air battery subsystems and components for high-volume manufacturing. Responsibilities include instrumentation, data collection and analysis, verification testing, trial execution, and data-driven design iteration. The role applies heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and mechanics fundamentals while collaborating cross-functionally to develop energy storage systems from concept through mass production.

Track and analyze material costs, maintain bill of materials cost data, support purchase approvals, monitor spend against budgets, and report supply chain financial performance. The role includes scrap tracking, cost-savings analysis, KPI preparation, variance commentary, and cross-functional collaboration with Accounting, Logistics, and Global Sourcing Managers in a manufacturing startup environment.

Designs, sources, and commissions automated high-volume battery assembly systems, including conveyance, joining, welding, robotics, vision, and inspection. Leads design-for-manufacturability efforts, maintains DFMEAs, manages risk, and coordinates manufacturing engineers and controls partners. Owns project timelines, budgets, requirements, commissioning, and production handoff while guiding equipment and automation decisions.

Develops and qualifies cathode prototypes on a battery process development line. Responsibilities include designing experiments, characterizing materials, applying statistical process control, troubleshooting deviations, installing and qualifying equipment, creating SOPs and control plans, transferring processes to manufacturing, guiding technicians, and leading safety analyses. The role requires hands-on equipment and workstation testing, supplier collaboration, battery manufacturing knowledge, and process development experience.

Lead electrode engineering programs from prototyping through mass production for iron-air batteries. Manage design release schedules, supplier fabrication, procurement coordination, technical risks, milestones, and cross-functional execution across engineering, manufacturing, operations, and supply chain teams. Improve program management systems, facilitate decisions, and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders throughout the organization.

Leads supplier industrialization strategy for electromechanical and power conversion assemblies, including PCBAs, wire harnesses, electrical panels, and skid-level builds. Manages and develops Supplier Industrialization Engineers, establishes PPAP/APQP and SCAR/CAPA frameworks, resolves supplier quality issues, manages capacity and performance, and partners cross-functionally on sourcing and technology roadmaps. Requires 20–30% travel to supplier sites for audits and process-readiness validation.

Own integrated schedules for capital construction and tool installation programs. Develop critical-path schedules, integrate multiple workstreams into master plans, track progress against baselines, identify risks, support recovery planning, facilitate schedule reviews with project teams and contractors, and prepare reports and dashboards for leadership.

Design, develop, commission, and integrate automated manufacturing equipment and electromechanical control systems for battery production. Responsibilities include PLC architecture, sequence-of-operations development, electrical analysis, control panel and schematic design, sensor and actuator selection, controls programming, robotics and vision integration, equipment characterization, and production handoff. The role requires collaboration across controls, process engineering, and manufacturing operations in a high-volume environment.

Own a strategic sourcing category, including supplier relationships, contracts, raw materials, and sub-tier vendors. Develop sourcing strategies, identify and qualify global suppliers, negotiate pricing and lead times, assess supply-chain risks, monitor markets and supplier capacity, and collaborate with leadership, engineering, and supply-chain teams. The role requires strong commercial judgment, technical learning ability, negotiation expertise, and global travel.