Manufacturing Equipment Engineer

The role

The Equipment Engineer will operate, sustain, and improve manufacturing equipment at Redwood BMC1. This role involves supporting 24/7 production and improving equipment performance through troubleshooting and upgrades.

What you will do

• Responsible for the equipment performance and improvement of multiple assigned production processes
• Support 24/7 production by responding to and resolving breakdowns quickly to minimize downtime
• Participate in cross functional teams to take on improvement projects
• Diagnose equipment failures, find root cause and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Lead equipment upgrades with a focus on serviceability, reliability and process capability
• Become expert level on all equipment and responsible for technician training
• Provide hands-on support to Maintenance team to troubleshoot and resolve downtime issues
• Create, implement and improve preventative and predictive Maintenance documents and schedules
• Troubleshoot ladder logic and program ladder logic
• Participate in spare part analysis and inventory development

Required qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of engineering experience in a high-volume environment
• 2+ years of experience developing and improving HMIs and with PLC programming, motion control, safety devices
• Experience with 2D/ 3D modeling software
• Experience teaching and troubleshooting vision systems
• Experience commissioning and improving equipment
• Demonstrated track record of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) improvement, Preventative and Predictive Maintenance activities
• Experience coding/debugging and troubleshooting End of Line Test machines
• Good understanding of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Safety, Ergonomics, Change Point Management, Spare Parts Management
• Strong problem solving skills and an aptitude for learning systems quickly
• Able to utilize structured problem solving techniques such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Why (5W) or Eight Disciplines (8D)
• Experience with statistical data collection, analysis, and reporting

Nice to have

• Ignition and Beckhoff PLC programming
• AUTOCAD and Solidworks/CATIA modeling software
• Cognex and Keyence vision systems

About the company

Redwood Materials is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries. The company also has a second-life battery project delivering power to AI data centers.