Process Engineer
CelLink · Georgetown, TX
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Process
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level process role at CelLink (automotive) in Georgetown, TX.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Root cause
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Process Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $76k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 17 live postings that list pay, out of 74 process engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 73 other live process postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Typical $76k–$120k, from 17 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 45%
- Lean 31%
- SPC 27%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 24%
- New product launch 24%
- Six Sigma 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
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This plant: CelLink in Georgetown
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Full description from CelLinkAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
The Process Engineering team is responsible for the development, optimization, and stabilization of complex manufacturing processes across all phases of product development and production. Engineers within this track contribute to yield, quality, and throughput improvements through hands-on troubleshooting, data analysis, cross-functional collaboration, and technical innovation. This role evolves from entry-level learning and support to senior technical leadership and strategic project ownership.
Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- ◆Monitor costs and update them as appropriate. Conduct process experiments; collect, organize, and analyze data to inform decisions
- ◆Perform hands-on troubleshooting of recipes, tools, or process-related issues
- ◆Identify non-conforming product or conditions; conduct root cause analysis
- ◆Participate in or lead process improvement projects (e.g., yield, cycle time, cost)
- ◆Support the development and qualification of new products or tools
- ◆Document and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- ◆Train technicians or operators to ensure safe and consistent process execution
- ◆Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and supplier/vendor teams
- ◆Maintain the work area in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
- ◆Live the company culture of integrity, teamwork, self-discipline and professional competence.
- ◆Perform other duties as assigned.
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Experience/Education
- ✓Bachelors in Engineering or related field strongly preferred
- ✓4-5+ years of Process Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
requirements
in a fast-paced start-up setting.
- ✓Knowledge of and process experience with adhesives, CMM measurements and/or test equipment.
- ✓Prior experience with roll-to-roll processing.
- ✓Prior experience running trials or experiments.
- ✓Prior experience with lithography or related circuit patterning technology.
- ✓Prior start-up experience.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
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Process Engineer
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The
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- •Good communication skills, strong work ethic, and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
- •Familiar with common workplace software (Microsoft Office).
- •Ability to use engineering computer programs.
- •Good math skills.
- •Knowledge of research and testing methods.
- •Independent problem solver with a desire to learn new skills and new technology.
- •Strong organization skills and detail-oriented mind set.
- •Ability to follow detailed directions.
- •Understanding of engineering concepts.
- •Physical strength and abilities to perform well in the field if necessary.
- •Able to adapt to changing
Working Conditions/Hours
Salaried Exempt
Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment –
Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.
PPE-
May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump-caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.
CelLink was founded in 2012 and entered volume production in 2018. CelLink provides electrical systems to the world's leading automotive OEMs & EV manufacturers, data center developers, and stationary power companies. The company has raised approximately $315M in funding through private investment and multiple grants from the US Department of Energy. CelLink’s investors include 3M, Atreides, BMW, BorgWarner, Bosch, D1 Capital, Fidelity, Fontinalis Partners, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lear, Park West, SK Telecom, Standard Investments, T. Rowe Price, Tinicum, and Whale Rock .