Manufacturing Engineer (Battery Manufacturing)

Location: Full-time onsite in Taiwan, with regular travel between supplier facilities in Taiwan and occasional international travel.

Company

hirify.global develops and manufactures advanced battery materials designed to increase lithium-ion battery energy density and support clean-energy adoption.

What you will do

• Act as the primary technical liaison between contract manufacturing sites in Taiwan and Sila’s Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams.
• Drive manufacturing readiness across EVT, DVT, PVT, ramp-up, and mass production phases.
• Monitor throughput, yield, equipment utilization, and project schedules.
• Lead troubleshooting and quality investigations for process deviations, line abnormalities, and CTQ issues.
• Analyze root causes, verify CAPA, and implement continuous improvement initiatives using process data and SPC trends.
• Coordinate engineering documentation, supplier qualification, manufacturing standardization, and scalability efforts across multiple sites.

Requirements

• B.S. in Mechanical, Chemical, Materials, Electrical, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 5+ years of direct experience in lithium-ion battery manufacturing.
• Experience working directly with contract manufacturers or external supply chain partners.
• Proficiency in battery manufacturing quality systems, process validation, SPC/DOE, and root cause analysis.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, process documentation, and work instructions.
• Native or fluent Mandarin and professional English proficiency, spoken and written, are required.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling pouch or cylindrical battery cell manufacturing.
• Hands-on experience with MES, ERP, and manufacturing data platforms.
• Experience collaborating across US and Asian operational hours.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time work at manufacturing facilities and frequent presence on factory floors.
• Regular local travel between supplier facilities in Taiwan.
• Occasional international travel to headquarters or global sites.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity work environment.