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Senior Launch Engineer - Die Design and Coating
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Senior Launch Engineer - Die Design and Coating
Senior Launch Engineer (Die Design and Coating)
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Senior Launch Engineer (Die Design and Coating) within our Product Management Office (PMO) team.
Reporting to the Head of Launch Integration, this role focuses on providing launch and ramp-up technical support for multiple manufacturing processes within our Electrode area.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Launch Engineer will:
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Support Global Manufacturing Engineering by defining robust, scalable processes to ensure:
- Die performance
- Coating accuracy
- Coating stability
- High-yield production at takt
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Act as the technical escalation point during new line launches, collaborating with:
- Equipment suppliers
- Manufacturing teams
- Quality specialists
- Assembly teams
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Stabilise operations from pilot phase through to SOP ramp-up.
Discipline-Specific Focus
Specifically, this role is centred on Die Design & Coating Technology, serving as a key technical specialist in:
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- Precision electrode coating
- Die design for NMC prismatic lithium-ion battery manufacturing
The role ensures stable, high-quality coating performance during factory launch and ramp-up.
Primary focus areas include:
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Diagnosing and resolving coating defects, such as:
- Thickness variation
- Streaking
- Edge defects
- Coating instability
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Optimising:
- Die designs
- Coating parameters
- Process windows to meet requirements for:
- Areal loading
- Adhesion quality
- Downstream assembly performance
Who We Are
Agratas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We design, develop, and manufacture high-quality, high-performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors.
- A scale-up business with a start-up mentality
- Backed by a well-established multinational parent company (Tata Sons)
- UK headquarters in the Midlands
- Currently constructing a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset
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Requirements
To excel in this role, you should bring:
- Deep, hands-on experience in lithium-ion battery electrode processes
- Proven expertise and understanding of:
- Electrode coating processes
- Die design principles
- Experience supporting:
- Pilot lines
- New production launches
- High-volume manufacturing ramps
- Proficiency in:
- yield improvement methodologies
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA)
- Experience in:
- Launching new battery production lines or gigafactories (desirable)
- Direct experience with:
- Automotive NMC cells in prismatic format (desirable)
Qualifications
- Degree in:
- Chemical Engineering
- Materials Science
- Chemistry (or relevant fields)
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