Principal Automation and Process Control Engineer, USA
Transferring company knowledge for making the best decisions for Giga America
FREYR Battery is on a mission to decarbonize energy and transportation systems globally by producing the world’s most sustainable battery cells. About 75% of all carbon mitigation is dependent on batteries. The industry is facing exponential growth.
We will soon be opening the doors to our Customer Qualification Plant, an industrial-scale lithium-ion battery cell factory based on 24M technology, in Norway. 24M technology represents a massive breakthrough in manufacturing technology producing batteries perfectly suited to the exploding stationary storage market.
We are moving fast to build 24M-based gigafactories in the US and Norway with an investment frame of about $2 billion each. We are also going to build gigafactories in Finland, though based on different technology better suited, at this stage, to the car battery market.
Our stated ambition at this point is to build 200 GWh of capacity, i.e. about 7 such gigafactories, with a total turnover in the region of $15 billion.
The initial site is in Atlanta GA. You can live anywhere in the US and work remotely, traveling when needed.
We are now hiring a Principal Automation and Process Control Engineer to transfer knowledge and learnings from Giga Arctic, PLE Vendors, and Project Teams to make the best decisions for Giga America.
Your most important tasks include:
Developing the most profitable degree of automation for Giga America
Your most frequent tasks include:
Transferring knowledge and best practices from other FREYR projects to Giga America
Your hardest tasks include:
Working with 24M and Project Teams to develop the Process Control, Digitization, and Automation Strategy in the Project Design
We are looking for the following qualifications:
Minimum a bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Demonstrated development of Process Technology in the Manufacturing Industry
7+ Years in Manufacturing Plant Process Control and Automation
Deployed new Process Control and/or Automation Applications (From Design to FAT to Deployment
As a person, you are ambitious and with a structured, organized approach and problem-solving abilities.
You take personal responsibility, have a commercial mindset, and thrive in a start-up environment.
FREYR has to move fast. The world needs both battery cells now, and ever better battery cells in the future. With us, you will learn a lot and a lot will be expected of you. We aim to pick high performers that will slot in immediately. Along the way, we cheer for you, help you when needed, and share joy when you succeed.
- Let's make history together!
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- USA
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time

About FREYR Battery
FREYR offers a clean Nordic solution to the rapidly growing global demand for high-density and cost-competitive battery cells for stationary energy storage (ESS), electric mobility, and marine applications.
We are targeting the production of environmentally friendly battery cells through a business model intended to maximize long-term value creation and unlock sustainable, superior returns to our stakeholders.
Principal Automation and Process Control Engineer, USA
Transferring company knowledge for making the best decisions for Giga America
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