Inspection Engineer II-Cell

Overview

Ultium Cells Overview
Ultium Cells, LLC is a joint venture lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing plant between LG Energy Solution, Ltd. and General Motors. This high-technology plant will have the latest in battery cell manufacturing technology. Ultium Cells’ partners include LG Energy Solution, Ltd., the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive battery cells, and General Motors, a global company committed to delivering safer, better and more sustainable ways for people to get around.

Prevent quality issue in advance and maximize output (yield, OEE) through the establishment of inspection system, management of inspection equipment maintenance, improvement of inspection equipment performance, and the introduction of new equipment.

• Compliance with health/safety/environmental/fire regulations
• In case of emergency or danger, immediately stop work (e.g., in case of safety accidents such as worker injury)
• Report singularity to Part Leader / Team Leader
• Report accidents and risk factors to Part Leader / Team Leader
• Implement safety improvements

• Inspection machine PM management (inspection machine maintenance/performance management)
• PM Planning (work content, period, personnel input, time required)
• Technician PM work order and result check
• Optimization of preventive maintenance items for inspection machine maintenance (PM Activity)
• Establishment of inspection machine spare parts management system
• Calibration to maintain inspection machine performance, management of MSA (Measurement Systems Analysis)

• Inspector equipment improvement activities
• Analyze and quantify equipment failure items (MTTR, MTBF)
• Analyze the cause of equipment failure and derive improvement items
• Review/derive and implement the predictive maintenance plan for the advancement of inspection equipment
• Prevention of recurrence through failure analysis report creation, education/dissemination, and improvement for BM
• Request and implement improvement on equipment makers for chronic problems

• Improving/managing inspection machine accuracy and detection power
• Monitoring inspection machine accuracy and detection power
• Derivation/analysis of major factors for major inspection items
• For process-borne issues, feedback to the production and equipment departments
• For issues attributable to the inspection machine, improvement plans are derived and inspection conditions are optimized
• Continuous monitoring of the results of the measures

• Establishment of inspection information management system
• Investment review and investment cost capex execution approval based on the investment process
• Inspection information management system development schedule management
• Reviewing compliance with system ordering specifications and monitoring data I/F stabilization
• System mass production transfer (to production department) and reporting (to supervisor)

• Expansion of equipment and dissemination/application of new technologies for inspection
• Investment review and investment cost capex execution approval based on the investment process
• Inspection machine set up schedule management
• Verification of facility production capacity and stabilization of operation quality in accordance with SAT standards and facility order specifications
• After completing the inspection machine set up, mass production is transferred and inspection report is carried out

• Review/plan of Inspection machine Model development and Model change
• Review of Model development (investment, schedule)
• Investment review and investment cost capex execution approval based on the Model development process
• Inspection machine H/W production and inspection recipe development schedule management
• Model change recipe status management

• Developing Technician skill improvement plan and implementing
• Develop and run training courses to improve technician skills
• Technician skill matrix management

• Establishment and management of inspection machine standards (design, installation, operation)
• Establishment and revision of inspection machine specifications and design standards
• Establishment and revision of inspection machine IP

• Establishment and revision of PFD, BM/PM/PD Manual (BM/PD Measures Guide) PFD:
  Process Flow Diagram
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