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!