Date: Jul 9, 2025
Location:St. Thomas, CA
Company: PowerCo Canada Inc.
Level of Experience: Professionals
Job Function: Operations
Job ID: 3987

ABOUT THE ROLE

Reporting to the R&D Manager, The New Product Introduction (NPI) Senior Specialist will play a key role transferring battery cells from development phase into mass production. As part of the Technology Department, NPI works as an interface unit to combine needs of the product with needs of the series manufacturing process. The NPI Senior Specialist focusses on solving issues along the production process chain by working in cross-departmental teams with the goal to enable a stable and high-quality series production of battery cells for different customers.
This is a flex hybrid work structure, where employees can work both remotely and on-site at our St. Thomas location.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a strategic point of contact between multiple departments (including operations, quality, and engineering) to drive alignment and ensure seamless communication across teams, ensuring the timely execution of company-wide initiatives.
• Own the development and execution of project timelines, managing complex schedules to guarantee that critical milestones are met while maintaining flexibility for adjustments as needed.
• Lead cross-functional task forces by coordinating efforts across departments, facilitating collaboration to deliver high-impact projects on time and within scope.Ensure that intermediate products meet the necessary specifications by aligning the work and expectations across various departments involved in the production process.
• Identify and assess key risks in the development process, proactively recommending and implementing strategies to mitigate those risks and ensure continuous progress toward project goals.Drive timely decision-making by engaging with key stakeholders and ensuring that decisions are made within the necessary timeframes.
• Conduct in-depth analyses using Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FACA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify product or process failures and develop proactive corrective actions.
• Lead the lessons learn from production toward improvement of design and execution of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to anticipate potential system weaknesses and guide the creation of robust mitigation strategies.
• Provide strategic oversight on process optimization, conducting thorough analyses of process gaps, proposing improvements, and validating technical solutions to meet both efficiency and quality standards.
• Champion the development of a technical decision-making framework, proposing and refining a standardized decision matrix to streamline problem-solving across teams, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
• Oversee and mentor the execution of Design of Experiments (DoEs) and material sampling activities to ensure reliable data collection and statistical rigor in the evaluation of new processes.
• Spearhead the release process for materials and components, ensuring that all materials meet stringent quality and technical requirements prior to their use in production.
• Guide troubleshooting and problem-solving efforts related to material changes or specification adjustments, ensuring that issues are resolved promptly to minimize disruption and ensure continuity of operations.
• Provide expert guidance to manufacturing teams, helping them optimize yield rates and maintain performance excellence by offering targeted technical support and process improvements.
• Make decisions regarding production deviations at multiple steps in the manufacturing process, ensuring that any deviations from the defined parameters are handled effectively within the scope of the project.
• Lead technical evaluations of production deviations, analyzing the impact of any anomalies and recommending data-driven solutions to resolve issues while ensuring compliance with production goals.
• Technical supervise the escalation and evaluation of production deviations that occur at various stages of manufacturing, ensuring that all deviations are addressed with appropriate technical solutions.