Engineering professionals in Battery manufacturing
Cell, module and pack engineering all show up in this battery manufacturing group, from Tesla's in-house cell engineering and cell and process engineering at Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America to LG Energy Solution module engineering, Northvolt manufacturing engineering and Daimler Truck AG battery pack technologies. Useful for decisions on scaling a cell line to gigafactory volume, choosing process equipment or designing packs for manufacturing.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Leutheuser
LinkedInExperience: Former Director - Global Battery Pack Engineering · General Motors
Pack engineering and purchasing both appear in Andrew Leutheuser's General Motors titles: Director - Global Battery Pack Engineering (2021–2022) and, since 2022, Director - Global Purchasing & Supply Chain. Leutheuser's other GM roles include Director - Electrification Hardware Engineering - PATAC (2018–2021) and Engineering Group Manager - Power Battery Pack Team (2014–2015), with specialties in lithium-ion battery system design, validation, safety analysis and abuse testing.
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Andrew Pires
LinkedInExperience: Director, Product Development, In-House Cell Engineering · Tesla
An organization of 80 engineers across 4 sites is what Andrew Pires describes running as Sr. Manager in Tesla's In-House Cell Engineering product development group (2024–2026); Pires has been Director, Product Development, In-House Cell Engineering there since 2026. Pires also held Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, In-House Cell (2024) and battery mechanical design engineering manager roles at Tesla (2020–2023), a fit for in-house cell development questions.
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Felix Streckert
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Manufacturing Engineering Batteries for Europe · Daimler Truck AG
Since 2026, Felix Streckert has been Head of Battery Pack Technologies at Daimler Truck AG, with Head of Manufacturing Engineering Batteries for Europe (2024–2026) and Head of Manufacturing Engineering for HV Batteries (2021–2024) roles there. At Mercedes-Benz AG, Streckert was Head of manufacturing engineering for the global remanufacturing operations for HV Batteries (2017–2021), a fit for pack production and remanufacturing questions.
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Gunther Koblmiller
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Manufacturing Engineering · Northvolt
Scaling up manufacturing processes across renewable energy, automotive and semiconductor industries is how Gunther Koblmiller describes the work. Koblmiller has been Senior Director Manufacturing Engineering at Northvolt since 2024, with Head of Advanced Equipment and Process Engineering at Cuberg (2023–2024), Director Of Manufacturing Engineering at Redwood Materials (2021–2023) and Sr.Dir. Equipment Engineering and Sr.Director Process Engineering roles at Enovix Corporation (2010–2021).
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Haewon Choi
LinkedInExperience: module engineering (VP, engineering director) · LG Energy Solution
High voltage battery module, pack and system engineering is the focus Haewon Choi names, as module engineering (VP, engineering director) at LG Energy Solution since 2023, with module engineering (senior research fellow (VP), engineering manager) there (2020–2022) and a senior research fellow role at LG Chem (2020). Choi was Staff Engineer (2016–2019) and Sr. Mechanical Engineer (2010–2016) at Tesla.
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Jacob Matly
LinkedInExperience: Global Director, Battery Cell Manufacturing (Gigafactory) · Hatch
Jacob Matly has been Global Director, Battery Cell Manufacturing (Gigafactory) at Hatch since 2022. Matly was Director, HV Battery at Fisker (2020–2022), Director, High Voltage Battery (2020) and Senior Manager- High Voltage Battery (2018–2020) at BYTON, and Chief Engineer-Battery Pack Systems at LG Chem (2017–2018), and describes over 25 years with batteries from R&D to mass production.
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Mark Ellis
LinkedInExperience: Former Director Of Engineering, Battery Systems · Northvolt
Mark Ellis held Director Of Engineering, Battery Systems (2019–2024) and Technical Lead, Automotive Battery Systems (2019–2024) at Northvolt and has been Senior VP Head of Battery (BESS) Technology at Volvo Energy since 2024. Ellis was also Principal Engineer - Battery Systems at WMG, University of Warwick (2016–2019) and OEM Engineering Manager at Johnson Matthey (2013–2016), and describes over twenty years in the battery industry.
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Minjae Lee
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cell and Process Engineering · Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America
Lithium-ion cell process engineering is where Minjae Lee fits: Director of Cell and Process Engineering at Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America since 2026, Manager at Factorial Energy (2023–2026) and Professional engineer at LG Energy Solution (2013–2023). Lee describes leading electrode, assembly and formation process engineering teams.
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Nancy Twu
LinkedInExperience: Cell Engineering Manager · Lithion Battery Inc.
Nancy Twu has been Cell Engineering Manager at Lithion Battery Inc. since 2022, where the work includes commissioning new electrode fabrication. Twu was also Director Of Operations (2019–2021) and R&D Engineer (2015–2019) at Lumiode, Inc., which makes Twu a fit for questions on bringing up electrode and cell production and moving from R&D into operations.
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Youssef Ziada, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Manager Battery Manufacturing Engineering (BME) · Ford Motor Company
At Ford Motor Company, Youssef Ziada, Ph.D. has been Sr. Manager Battery Manufacturing Engineering (BME) since 2024 and was Engineering Manager (Battery Manufacturing) (2023–2024). Ziada also held Technical Expert Digital Manufacturing (2017–2023) and Manufacturing Engineer, Machining & Assembly CAE (2013–2017) roles at Ford and names gigafactory industrialization and JV integration as focus areas.
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Choose the right perspective
Cell process and manufacturing questions fit Minjae Lee, Andrew Pires, Nancy Twu and Gunther Koblmiller, while scaling to gigafactory volume fits Youssef Ziada, Ph.D. and Jacob Matly. Module and pack design questions suit Haewon Choi, Andrew Leutheuser, Felix Streckert and Mark Ellis, with Streckert also covering HV battery remanufacturing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which electrode, assembly or formation steps cause the most scrap when a cell line ramps toward volume, and how do you spot it early?
- 02How do you choose process equipment for a new cell or pack line when the cell design is still changing?
- 03Which pack design decisions make the biggest difference to manufacturing cost and safety validation time?
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