Redwood Materials is an American clean energy company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, focused on securing domestic supplies of critical battery materials and providing large-scale energy storage solutions. The company recycles end-of-life batteries to recover lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper, creating one of the largest domestic sources of these critical minerals in the United States. Its operations support the broader transition away from reliance on foreign supply chains for materials essential to electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Through its Redwood Energy division, the company designs, integrates, and deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and the national grid, utilizing both new and repurposed batteries to deliver cost-effective solutions. Redwood Materials partners with major automotive, technology, and energy companies including Volkswagen Group of America, Panasonic, GM Ultium Cells, Toyota, BMW, Amazon, Volvo, and Southern Company, reflecting its central role in the emerging domestic battery supply chain. Founded by former Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, Redwood Materials was established with the mission of building a circular economy for batteries, reducing waste, lowering the carbon footprint of energy storage, and strengthening American energy independence. The company holds ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications, underscoring its commitment to occupational health, safety, and environmental management standards.
About Redwood Materials
Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
Quality Technician, Energy Storage
Redwood is looking for a highly motivated Quality Technician with broad experience across incoming quality, process quality, and customer-facing quality activities. The Quality Technician will be responsible for identifying quality issues across the manufacturing environment, supporting investigations and root cause analysis, collecting relevant process and product data, and managing non-conforming material. This person will work closely with production and engineering teams to maintain rapid response and drive continuous improvements to the production process.
The ideal candidate brings a self-starting mindset with a strong drive to solve complex problems, along with a get-it-done attitude, willing to jump in, take end-to-end ownership, and do what is needed to support the team.
Hours:
Full-time, Monday–Friday (initial schedule). This role will transition to a 12-hour shift schedule: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Sunday–Tuesday (every other Wednesday) or 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Thursday–Saturday (every other Wednesday)
Flexibility to support different shifts as the operation scales is required
Responsibilities will Include:
- Conduct inspections, audits, and testing to evaluate product and process performance
- Drive root cause investigations for product, in-process, and incoming quality issues
- Collect and analyze product and process data with engineering teams to ensure specifications are well-defined and met
- Support the control and disposition of non-conforming material
- Assist with Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and Control Plan activities to identify and mitigate manufacturing risks before they become quality issues
- Analyze production data using quality tools to identify potential non-conforming or at-risk material
- Provide sampling support for in-process and finished product as required
- Support management of change initiatives across the organization
- Collaborate with engineering teams to validate new product designs, equipment, and processes
- Work with cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, and production goals
- Perform rework on non-conforming material to recover final yield
Desired Qualifications:
- Associate degree, technical certification, or equivalent hands-on experience in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, or related fields
- 2+ years of experience in manufacturing environments (technician, engineering tech, or similar role)
- Strong safety discipline (LOTO, PPE, safe work practices)
- Experience in transitioning operations from development to high-volume manufacturing
- Experience with the development and use of quality tools as well as other quality system elements
- Previous exposure to quality systems and international standards
- Adept with process data acquisition and quality analysis tools
- Strong communication and teamwork skills; able to work effectively with engineers and stakeholders across levels
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
Physical Requirements:
- Standing, walking, bending, lifting (up to 50 lbs), and performing repetitive motions
Working Conditions:
- Indoor production environment with typical exposure to noise, machinery, and industrial conditions
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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