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Date:  Sep 26, 2025
Location: 

Salzgitter, DE

Company:  PowerCo SE
Level of Experience:  Doctorate
Job Function:  Operations
Job ID:  4084

PhD Candidate Technical Supplier Steering (all genders)

 
Who we are

The mission has started. We proudly announce that in our Battery Valley we are starting our own battery cell production and the ramp up of our worldwide headquarters for global cell manufacturing. In this, the tasks and requirements of operations are varied. Operations takes care of all production related activities within the battery cell production. Our responsibilities vary from planning, constructing and rolling out the forthcoming battery cell factories. Furthermore, planning and implementing operating functions such as logistics, quality, production and plant management is also key elements within the area of operations.

  
 
Your role and key responsibilities
  • Optimization of the Integration of Equipment Suppliers during the Ramp-Up and Operational Phases of Battery Cell Factories in the Automotive Industry
  • Coordination and tracking of technical sub-projects in collaboration with other departments and partners
  • Preparation of management and leadership meetings with technical partners from Asia
  • Development of measures for problem-solving and project improvement, as well as a method to evaluate their effectiveness
  • The final topic of the doctoral thesis will be determined jointly with the supervising professor. A prerequisite for collaboration is a confirmed supervision agreement and official topic approval by a professor at a university or research institution authorized to award doctoral degrees
  
 
What you bring to the team
  • Excellent academic degree qualifying for a PhD in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Management, or a comparable field
  • Experience in the automotive, chemical, or battery industry
  • Experience in working with various project partners in an international environment
  • Ability to work independently and in a structured manner
  • Fluent in English and German
  
 
What makes you stand out
  • Motivation and enthusiasm for working in an international and cross-functional team
  • Willingness to take responsibility and work independently on projects
  • Additional foreign language skills
 
What to look forward to
  • Three-year doctoral program in which the doctoral students work on internal tasks of PowerCo in addition to their doctorate
  • 35-hour week, flexible working hours
  • 30 days paid vacation + 24.12. & 31.12. off
  • Interdisciplinary qualification opportunities
  • Regular feedback meetings and close technical supervision in the department 
  • Opportunity for scientific exchange with other doctoral students of the Volkswagen Group 
   
Company:  PowerCo SE
Location: 

Salzgitter, DE

Job Function:  Operations
Level of Experience:  Doctorate
Job ID:  4084
Date:  Sep 26, 2025

Are you a battery believer?

PowerCo was founded in 2022 to become a global battery champion. Headquartered in Germany, we are currently ramping up gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia and St. Thomas in Canada with a total volume of up to 200 GWh. We are integrating the entire value chain and building a supply chain as local as possible. With that we are driving the development of a strong, sustainable battery industry in Europe and North America.

Questions?

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Therefore, all qualified applications will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, religion, gender (identity), sexual orientation, national origin or disability.

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