Quality Control Technician - Maintenance

We are looking for a driven Quality Control Technician to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our passionate Maintenance team based in Skellefteå. By joining us, you will be a key player in ramping up the production and contribute to building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

About the job

In this position you will design, implement and maintain quality assurance protocols and methods for processing materials into partially finished or finished products. You will be responsible for planning, implementing and managing compliance of manufacturing and production processes with internal and external safety, quality and regulatory standards requirements for worldwide distribution. The Quality Control Technician designs methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of production processes, production equipment and finished products. You will also perform analysis of reports and production data to identify trends and recommend updates or changes to quality standards and procedures when necessary. May assure compliance to in-house and/or external specifications and standards (i.e. GLP, GMP, ISO, Six Sigma)

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Lead day-to-day quality control activities in production ensuring that production/product quality specifications are met.
• Understand and be part of method development and validation. Don’t worry – we will train you!
• Operate various analytical equipment such as ICP, KF and acid-base titrators, BET, GC-MS, SEM, XRD, PSD, CT scanner, dimension measurement systems (2D and 3D), optical microscopes, tensile testers, etc.
• Improve control checks according to control plan.
• Interpret data and report the results.
• Report problems and non-conformities (NCRs) that are detected and recommend improvements.

The person we are looking for is flexible, curios and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work. Our organization values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. Qualities that we cherish are sense of quality, friendliness, grit and a sense of humor.

Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognise that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt towards its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development. For us it’s important to look at your skills and potential, please refrain form including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have:

• Bachelor ́s degree (or technical school degree) in Chemical or Material Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• Experience from quality control and assurance, preferably on the manufacturing shop floor
• Knowledge about safety routines in the laboratory
• Specific knowledge of quality management systems, e.g. ISO 9001, IATF16949, TQM
• Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus

Other than that we believe that you are highly organised, results driven and have an eye for details. We also think proactive and goes beyond expectations If you are eager to learn and able to acquire new information very quickly you will thrive in this position.

About Northvolt

Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

To accomplish this, we do things differently. We design, manufacture, and recycle everything under one roof. We even build our own factories. All this is incredibly challenging and requires us to think in unconventional ways. We’re constantly experimenting, learning and adapting to make batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. We want to work with smart individuals from all disciplines. Strong individuals that truly want to make a positive impact on the future. Those of us already on board share a passion for our mission. We’re prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. As a team, we’re dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun.