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Job Summary:
Ultium Cells LLC is a joint venture between LG Energy Solutions and General Motors focused on automotive battery cell manufacturing. The IT Specialist will manage manufacturing IT systems, ensuring integration between production operations and digital systems while maintaining infrastructure reliability and driving technical innovation.
Responsibilities:
• Logic Validation & Engineering: Analyze, develop, and validate complex business logic within MES and logistics systems to improve operational efficiency and system performance
• Technical Liaison: Act as a primary technical liaison between production teams and HQ, translating shop-floor requirements into technical specifications aligned with global engineering standards.
• Advanced Structural Troubleshooting: Perform advanced troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis on complex system issues spanning across application and infrastructure layers.
• Process Innovation: Support continuous improvement initiatives by optimizing system workflows and process logic to minimize production downtime.
• Infrastructure Ownership: Maintain full technical ownership of mission-critical on-site data centers, servers, and facility environments, ensuring maximum system stability and uptime
• Network & Connectivity Engineering: Oversee industrial network connectivity, including cabling and device integration, to ensure robust communication between shop-floor equipment and IT systems.
• Technical Governance: Establish and enforce IT governance standards, ensuring strict compliance with global security policies and infrastructure guidelines.
• Vendor Audit & Management: Manage and audit external technical partners and service providers to ensure performance quality and adherence to rigorous engineering standards.
• Strategic Investment Planning: Lead IT investment planning and operational budget management to align technical capabilities with long-term strategic objectives.
• Lifecycle Asset Management: Manage the full lifecycle of IT assets, including procurement, inventory tracking, maintenance, and secure disposal of high-value technical equipment.
• General Technical Support: Provide essential technical support for both office and production environments, ensuring end-user productivity through the management of enterprise applications and communication tools.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Proven experience in MES and Logistics system logic (preferably in high-tech manufacturing such as Battery, Auto, or Display).
• Strong proficiency in database structures (Oracle, MS SQL), query analysis, and understanding of SAP ERP-based SCM/Manufacturing data flows.
• Comprehensive understanding of servers, networks, and data center facilities to lead technical decision-making.
• Ability to perform structural root cause analysis and optimize complex system workflows.
• Experience in IT Investment Planning, lifecycle asset management, and operational budgeting.
• Exceptional ability to bridge technical and operational teams through proactive collaboration.
• Self-directed mindset with a proven ability to manage complex technical environments.
• Willingness to support flexible operations to ensure 24/7 manufacturing continuity.
• Professional fluency in both English and Korean required, with the ability to lead technical presentations and remote meetings with global teams.
Company:
Electricity is the future of transportation, powered by battery cells that are designed and manufactured by some of the brightest, most innovative people in the world. Founded in 2020, the company is headquartered in Warren, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.