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PowerCo Tech Stack

Battery cell manufacturer scaling three gigafactories across Europe and North America

Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturing Salzgitter, Lower Saxony 1,001–5,000 employees Founded 2022 Public Company

PowerCo is a Volkswagen Group-owned battery cell manufacturer ramping serial production across Salzgitter, Valencia, and St. Thomas. The tech stack is anchored in manufacturing operations (SAP, Oracle Primavera, Maximo, MES) with heavy emphasis on planning, compliance, and asset management — typical of capital-intensive factory buildout. Active hiring skews heavily toward operations (34 roles) and engineering (16), with a notable concentration of senior-level and intern positions, suggesting simultaneous push toward leadership depth and production workforce scaling.

Tech Stack 46 technologies

Core StackJira Trello Asana SAP Power BI Tableau Oracle SAP S/4HANA Confluence Power Automate BIM CMMS Microsoft Office SAP PM Maximo Microsoft 365 Excel SQL Oracle Primavera SAP Global Trade Services SAP MES WMS APQP PPAP PowerPoint CAD SAP HANA Six Sigma FMEA Word+16 more

What PowerCo Is Building

◆Challenges

Mitigating project risks
Preventing delays or cost overruns
Solving complex production issues
Process efficiency improvement
Ensuring equipment reliability
Controlling material and labor costs
Downtime reduction
Operational readiness
Cost control across battery cell factory ramp-up
Workforce readiness

▲Active Projects

Battery cell production
Serial production material flow optimization
Equipment planning sub-projects for mass production
Gigafactory construction
International full-sized battery cell factory roll-out
Risk management system implementation
Efficient experimental campaigns for lfp materials
Factory acceptance testing
Design of experiments (does)
Battery infrastructure construction

Hiring Activity

Steady90 roles · 35 in 30d

Department

Ops

34

Engineering

16

Manufacturing

11

Finance

7

HR

7

Logistics

7

Construction

2

Research

2

Seniority

Senior

36

Mid

22

Intern

17

Junior

6

Lead

5

Manager

3

Notable leadership hires: Assembly Area Head, Head of R&D, Laboratory Head

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About PowerCo

PowerCo manufactures battery cells for the electric vehicle and energy storage markets, operating as a public company owned by Volkswagen Group. The company is constructing and operationalizing three cell factories with a combined design capacity of 200 gigawatt-hours annually. Core activities span cell design (LFP materials research, design of experiments), factory construction and acceptance testing, material flow optimization, and serial production ramp. Operations are distributed across Germany, Spain, and Canada, with hiring also active in Indonesia and the United States.

HeadquartersSalzgitter, Lower Saxony

Company Size1,001–5,000 employees

Founded2022

Hiring MarketsSpain, Germany, Canada, Indonesia, United States

Frequently Asked Questions

What is PowerCo's battery production capacity?

Three factories under ramp-up in Salzgitter (Germany), Valencia (Spain), and St. Thomas (Canada) with combined target capacity of 200 gigawatt-hours per year.

What software does PowerCo use for manufacturing?

SAP ecosystem (S/4HANA, MES, Global Trade Services, PM), Oracle (Primavera, core database), Maximo for asset management, plus Jira, Asana, Power BI, and CAD tools for planning and design.