Position: Head of Motor Industrialisation / Lead Manufacturing Engineer – EV Powertrain

Location: Spain (Barcelona area preferred)

Employment Type: Permanent

A cutting-edge manufacturer in the EV sector is seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to take ownership of the industrialisation process for a new generation of high-performance electric motors. This is a rare opportunity to join a technically ambitious environment at the forefront of sustainable mobility innovation.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for defining and implementing manufacturing processes from the ground up – developing SOPs, planning new production lines, and building out scalable operations to support growing demand. Once production is up and running, you’ll drive continuous improvement initiatives across quality, efficiency, and cost.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the industrialisation of electric motor manufacturing lines, from concept through to production
• Create detailed SOPs, work instructions, and process documentation
• Collaborate with design, quality, and production teams to ensure DFM (design for manufacture) best practice
• Plan and specify equipment, tooling and workflows for new manufacturing lines
• Support hiring and upskilling of technical operators as production scales
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives once lines are live
• Analyse process data and implement changes to improve quality, throughput, and reliability
• Maintain a strong focus on lean manufacturing and sustainability principles

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or industrialisation—preferably in EV, automotive, aerospace, or similar
• Strong knowledge of electric motor manufacturing processes is highly desirable
• Experience setting up new lines or facilities from scratch
• Skilled in developing SOPs, line balancing, time studies and process design
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and influencing technical teams
• Data-driven approach to process optimisation
• Fluent in English; Spanish is a plus but not essential

This is a role with real ownership, technical depth, and the chance to shape how a next-generation EV product is brought to life at scale.