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Saft

Designs and manufactures high-tech industrial batteries

Engineering Manager

Full-TimeDeadline 10/7/27
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, Master's
Valdese, NC, USA
In Person
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field is required.
  • Seven to ten or more years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment are required.
  • Three to five or more years of leadership experience managing engineering teams are required.
  • Experience leading capital projects and manufacturing process improvements is required.
  • Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement methodologies are required.
  • Project management is required.
  • Root Cause Analysis and problem-solving skills are required.
  • Process optimization and capacity planning are required.
  • Knowledge of CAD, ERP, and manufacturing systems is required.
  • Financial analysis and business case development are required.
Responsibilities
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the engineering team with clear goals and performance measures.
  • Build capability, succession plans, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Improve productivity, quality, throughput, cost, equipment effectiveness, and process reliability.
  • Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and data analysis to eliminate waste, variation, and bottlenecks.
  • Deliver capital projects, CERs, and business cases from concept through implementation.
  • Advance automation, digital manufacturing, new products, process transfers, and capacity expansion.
  • Lead root-cause investigations and reduce scrap, rework, complaints, and process variation.
  • Support audits, compliance, safety, and sustainable, energy-efficient engineering solutions.
  • Partner with Operations, Finance, Purchasing, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams.
  • Support strategic planning, customer visits, major initiatives, and global best-practice sharing.
Desired Qualifications
  • A master's degree is preferred.
  • Experience with automation, robotics, and Industry 4.0 initiatives is preferred.

About the company

Saft designs and manufactures high-tech industrial batteries for applications like transportation, telecommunications, and energy storage. It develops advanced battery chemistries and systems backed by research and manufacturing to deliver reliable power in demanding environments. The company differentiates itself with a long history (founded 1913), early public listing (1924), and the backing of TotalEnergies since 2016, giving it global reach and integration with a broader energy portfolio. Its goal is to provide sustainable, efficient energy storage that supports essential services and the transition to renewable energy.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Levallois-Perret, France

Founded

1913

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What believers are saying

  • Saft and Mana Battery began 2025 evaluation and signed a JDA in August 2026.
  • Naval Group awarded Saft a major submarine-battery contract on July 20, 2026.
  • Saft’s new identity and TotalEnergies backing signal continued investment in batteries.

What critics are saying

  • The Coast Guard recompetition threatens Saft America’s aircraft-battery incumbent position in 2026.
  • Saft still depends on TotalEnergies capital allocation, not standalone funding.
  • If sodium-ion and solid-state slip, Saft stays trapped in commoditized industrial batteries.

What makes Saft unique

  • Saft owns cell design, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and qualification in-house.
  • On August 3, 2026, Saft and Mana Battery targeted anode-free sodium-ion cells.
  • Naval Group chose Saft on July 20, 2026 for Barracuda and Scorpene submarines.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Wellness Program
  • Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Disability Insurance
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

11%
Yahoo Finance
Aug 3rd, 2026
Mana Battery and Saft partner to develop anode-free sodium-ion batteries for defense and aerospace

Mana Battery and Saft have signed a joint development agreement to commercialise anode-free sodium-ion battery technology. The partnership combines Mana Battery's electrolyte platform with Saft's manufacturing expertise to target defence, aerospace, rail, datacentre and industrial uninterruptible power supply markets. Anode-free sodium-ion cells assemble without anode active material, with the sodium anode forming during initial operation. This delivers higher energy density than conventional sodium-ion designs whilst using abundant, low-cost materials free from lithium, cobalt and nickel supply constraints. The technology offers wide temperature performance, strong safety characteristics and extended charge retention. Saft, a TotalEnergies subsidiary, brings decades of experience qualifying cells for demanding industrial and mission-critical applications.

Newswire
Apr 30th, 2024
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/CNW/ - LiNova Energy Inc. (Linova) has raised $15.8 million in a Series A financing round that was led by Catalus Capital, who were joined by Saft, a...

International Mining
Sep 15th, 2021
Saft launches ARROK as a new breed of lithium-ion battery tailored

Saft has launched ARROK® as a new breed of lithium-ion battery tailored, it says, for off-road industrial vehicles.