Head of Sorting Technology
Redwood Materials
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Head of Sorting Technology
Redwood Materials is currently searching for a Head of Sorting Technology to join our engineering team and develop robotics technology to automatically sort battery feedstock at the input to our recycling plants. This is a leadership role with strategic and tactical components; a successful candidate will build and lead a cross functional engineering team of software, controls, mechanical, and electrical engineers to create the future of sorting technology for the company.
Responsibilities will include:
- Technical lead for the architecture, design, implementation and test of an automated battery sorting system.
- People lead for a cross functional team of engineers with a focus on growing and mentoring engineers.
- Building a strong team and culture of safety, execution and innovation through data driven engineering.
- Collaborating with product, finance, operations and engineering teams to iterate on system requirements that make sense for the business, plant operators, and technical stakeholders for downstream battery consumption.
- Decision making for make versus buy for hardware and software components including but not limited to sensors, actuators, conveyer systems, ML infrastructure and compute systems.
- Requirements authorship for a reliable and accurate production sorting system.
- Own the technology roadmap for automated sorting systems at the company.
Desired Qualifications
- BS/MS in Engineering, and 10+ years of engineering and engineering leadership experience in a fast paced, highly fluid environment
- Proficiency across hardware and software stacks as applied in industries like robotics, vehicle automation, or factory automation
- Well versed in all types of machine/automation components, sensors, vision systems, electro-mechanical actuators, motion control, pneumatics, hydraulics, etc.
- Experience with electrical power and communications integration of electro-mechanical systems
- Familiarity with computer vision systems, deep learning and their application in robotics
- Demonstrated experience delivering cross functional technical projects to production
- Experience managing and mentoring individuals and building a team
- Willingness to get into the details and do individual contributor work as needed
- Self-organized, outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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