Staff Design Manager, Materials

About Redwood Materials Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it. Senior Design Manager Designing & building infrastructure, at record speed, is key to enabling us to scale worldwide. We are looking for a highly motivated Design Manager to join our Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) team. In this role, you will own and drive design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to production. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, construction, manufacturing, and/or project management. This role requires a highly organized mindset, a passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects, and an ability to pull people together to make things happen. You must be detail oriented, question requirements, identify real barriers, and drive cross-functional teams to execute quickly at high quality. You will drive collaboration between Process Engineering, Construction, Manufacturing, Facilities, and Production to ensure alignment with company priorities. You will translate scattered information into concise, complete documentation and communicate it to every team member. This position will be located at our factory in TRIC (Tahoe Reno Industrial Center) Reno, Nevada. Responsibilities will include: Fundamentally understand stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into clear project objectives. Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to support highly dynamic environment. Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction. Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFI’s. Co-manage infeed of customer requests from all site teams. Own project funding request process for major infrastructure improvements. Coordinate key project schedule requirements with our Procurement and Construction partners for the overall schedule success of the project. Identify resource requirements and highlight gaps and constraints across various stages for all projects.…