Assembly Equipment Technician

The role

The Assembly Equipment Technician will manage daily operation, troubleshooting, routine maintenance, and minor optimization of core assembly equipment for Silicon Power Cell pouch cell lines. This role involves equipment debugging, preventive maintenance, and supporting pilot trials and mass production ramp-up.

What you will do

• Perform daily startup inspections, routine preventive maintenance, and breakdown troubleshooting for assembly equipment.
• Complete regular equipment lubrication, part replacement, fixture cleaning, and calibration.
• Record maintenance logs, equipment failure data, and spare parts consumption records.
• Adjust basic machine process parameters, positioning coordinates, tension, and compaction pressure.
• Assist equipment engineers in prototype debugging, FAT/SAT, pilot tests, NPI trials, and mass production parameter verification.
• Cooperate with production, process, and quality teams to handle on-site equipment abnormalities and support CAPA implementation.
• Support minor equipment retrofits, fixture replacement, and multi-spec pouch cell product changeover.
• Monitor real-time equipment running status, collect abnormal data, and propose optimization suggestions.
• Follow equipment SOP, safety operation rules, and IATF 16949 on-site management requirements.

Required qualifications

• College diploma or above, majoring in Mechatronics, Mechanical Maintenance, Electrical Automation, or related technical disciplines.
• 2+ years of hands-on maintenance experience in a lithium battery assembly workshop, familiar with Notching, Stacking, Tab Welding, or Cell Sealing automation equipment.
• Able to independently complete equipment daily maintenance, breakdown diagnosis, and on-site minor adjustments.
• Understand basic servo, cylinder, CCD positioning, and pneumatic/hydraulic control principles.
• Capable of reading simple mechanical and electrical sketches.
• Proficient in fixture disassembly, assembly, and replacement.
• Familiar with workshop 5S and equipment maintenance record management.
• Strong on-site problem response capability.
• Basic English reading ability for equipment operation manuals and simple technical instructions.
• Able to work shift schedules.
• Adapt to a mass production workshop working environment.
• Possess strong safety awareness and execution ability.

Nice to have

• Basic Chinese communication capability
• Rich hands-on experience maintaining full set assembly line equipment covering Notching, Stacking, Welding and Sealing processes.
• Working experience in battery manufacturers with mass production stacking & sealing line maintenance background.
• Practical experience supporting silicon anode / high-expansion electrode pouch cell assembly equipment debugging and maintenance.
• Experience supporting pilot line trial production and equipment transfer from lab to mass workshop.
• Basic knowledge of IATF 16949 workshop site management, PFMEA, and equipment abnormality closed-loop management.

About the company

Factorial Energy is a U.S.-based solid-state battery company developing next-generation e-mobility platforms. The company is partnered with global leaders including Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai, and Kia.