Equipment Engineer

Romeo Power (NYSE: RMO) is on a mission to power the world’s transition to electrification.

This is part of our bold vision to create a world where energy poverty no longer exists.

As an energy technology leader delivering advanced electrification solutions for complex commercial vehicle applications, we seek to attract the most curious minds to help us drive real change and create a more sustainable future.

As a company, we’re continually innovating to challenge what’s possible.

We believe in transparency and teamwork.

With a long-term mindset, we take solution-driven approaches. We thrive on solving the hardest problems and we celebrate our successes as a team. We’re diverse, inclusive and share a passion for making access to clean energy universal as we drive towards a democratically energized world. 

Founded in 2016, Romeo Power is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Our suite of advanced hardware, combined with our innovative battery management system, delivers the safety, performance, reliability and configurability our customers need to succeed.

Romeo Power’s 113,000 square-foot manufacturing facility brings its flexible design and development process inhouse to pack the most energy dense battery systems on the market.

Position Overview

Develops and implements, cost-effective manufacturing processes and methods in accordance with product specifications and quality standards.

Recommends and implements improvements to production processes, methods and controls.

Coordinate’s manufacturing launch for new or revised products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Oversee, initiate, and provide maintenance strategy improvement activities in line with production-limiting events, planned outages, and sustaining corrective actions
  • Oversee the development of a Total Predictive Maintenance (TPM) program for current, and future commissioning equipment lines; and the establishment of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in line with management needs
  • Manage the corrective action and countermeasure planning directives for repetitive and rare production equipment limiters; and engage the correct cross-functional teams for corrective action planning and implementation
  • Optimize product flow and line efficiency by designing or improving tools, jigs, stations, work methods and ergonomics using the 5S methodology regarding the maintaining and sustaining of industrial production equipment.
  • Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering team, and maintenance technician teams to initiate, and plan for critical, routine, and preventative maintenance plans for existing and new equipment line commissioning.
  • Identify and drive continuous improvement and cost reduction programs.
  • Drive process control and process development, specifically in the areas of equipment capability metrics.
  • Utilize knowledge of electrical and mechanical assemblies to predict equipment failure modes and proactively set and establish preventative maintenance schedules.
  • Work independently, with vendors, and with maintenance teams to understand root cause of failures, propose design or component changes, and implement and validate equipment modifications from a sustaining operations standpoint.
  • Generate and maintain equipment maintenance specifications to assist maintenance technicians and leadership with documented recovery and sustaining plans in tandem with vendor/supplier documentation.
  • Maintain tool and spare part BOMs and ensure proper part availability.
  • Perform trials to test the effect of equipment improvements
  • Actively use tool data sources to quantitatively evaluate and track tool performance and create programs to improve relevant metrics under the guidance of manufacturing leadership
  • Drive other projects as needed by management or as business needs change

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • BS Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or Manufacturing/Reliability Engineering, or similar.
  • 2+ years of hands-on mechanical and electrical experience in a production environment; or in a plant industrial maintenance role
  • Ability to work flexible scheduling and hours as production and maintenance needs change; this may include days, evenings, and flexible weekends for support
  • Experience with SolidWorks or other 3D CAD software
  • Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively achieve results with multiple vendors and internal and external customers; demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams.
  • Strong hands-on experience with high-volume, final assembly, or cleanroom setting preferred.
  • Knowledge of, or experience with drilling, tapping, and utilizing basic shop tools.
  • Working knowledge of data analysis, statistics, SPC and quality improvement.
  • Able to maintain organization and focus in a highly dynamic environment.
  • Excellent communicator, both in presentations and written reports.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Familiarity with complex capital equipment (robot, precision dispenser, laser welder) and their electrical systems
  • Experience in operation of; or repair of robots utilizing industrial automation controls and devices
  • Knowledge of Production and Equipment/Plant capability metrics (OEE, MTTR, FPY etc.) and the improvement of such through 4D, RCA, and PFMEA process tools 
  • Experience with, and development of technical drawing, writings and/or GD&T
  • Strong hands-on experience with high-volume, final assembly setting
  • Experience operating boom lifts, man lifts, and cranes

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Occasionally exposed to work in outdoor environments
    – heat, cold, rain
  • Must be available to work extended hours and weekends
  • Ability to lift 50 lb.

    unassisted

Romeo Power is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities.

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