# Kent Zeng

> Engineering Executive

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kentzeng

Talent with  rich experience in lithium ion battery filed, experience of roles in product design, material development, process development, equipment development, manufacturing management, quality management, program management, supplier management . live in new product development environment, successfully invented,designed, realized, and launched many new battery products in the career.

## Work Experience
### Distinguished battery expert @ ŌURA
Jan 2025 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Cell Product Design VP @ Our Next Energy (ONE)
Jan 2023 – Present | United States

### Vice President of Manufacturing @ Our Next Energy (ONE)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | United States

### Senior Engineering Manager @ Juul Labs
Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 | United States
Lead team to develop battery for the Devices

### Chief Executive Officer and funder @ Topton battery
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Run the Startup to develop coin cell and energy storage cell, raised $6M for the program.

### Product Design Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017
create, design and realize  new product.

### Technical Program Manager @ Apple
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Cupertino
lead a team to realize new product, supplier management.

### Senior Material Design Engineer @ A123 Systems
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
•Project manage electrolyte and separator deliverables to cell projects (using TS defined design methods and process), including materials and formulations.
•Apply appropriate design tools, design methods, and disciplines associated with materials science and chemistry to the design process
•Materials (component engineering) responsibility for electrolytes, separators
•Work with R&D team to transfer new separator and electrolyte technologies from R&D evaluation and characterization level, into cell design concepts, prototypes, and production

### Chief Cell Design Engineer @ A123 Systems
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Boston area, Massachusetts
1. Mapping product design target. 
2. Concept design and validation. 
3. Design product and select main material and formulation.
4. Lead component and product validation. 
5. Lead prototype build and product launch with APQP process.
6. Lead design documentation draft and update (drawing specification, DFMEA, prototype CP,DVP&R....)
7. trouble shooting for the design and processing issue
8. work with product manager to define the product specification and work with program manager to develop the time line and budget
9. mentor process engineer to develop proper process for the new product, review the process capability data.

### Advanced Manufacturing Engineering manager @ A123 Systems
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010
1.Manage daily department activities to achieve department target; Drive and lead the department team to overcome difficulties in the process with support functions; 
2.Establish department KPI align with company and plant goals, monitoring and ensure adequately proceeding under prospective of target, timing and cost control; 
3.Lead and supervise AME & process engineering function/team, develop AME & Process engineering staffs; 
4.Lead the continuous improvement efforts with other support functions to attain highest productivity and quality with lowest manufacturing cost. Continuously optimize production floor layout to support efficient material flow, safety environment, and reliable process, as well as support to the improvement request from production; 
5.Work with R&D team to flawlessly launch new Equipments, products, process and new production line, in the meanwhile, support R&D prototype development. Ensure Equipment and process robustness, and provide effective solutions on Equipment, process & quality issue; 
6.Establish and sustain robust database and document management for all new products, new projects to meet both APQP/quality system and operation execution requests.

### Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer @ A123 Systems
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
1.New plant installation, company's first own  LFP 26XXX cell manufacturing line design construction;
2.In charge for the equipment selection, development and introduction;
3.Work with R&D for the 32XXX Gen-1 cell development;
4.In charge for proto-type line set up and manufacturing technology development, production line equipment purchasing; 
5.Project management and assistance for global Manufacturing VP to manage the AME department

### Supplier Quality Engineer @ A123 Systems
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006
1.Lead the quality system development in vendor side; 
2.Mentor the vendor’s quality team to understand the LFP battery technology 
3.And work with vendor’s quality team to develop process control plan. 
4.Lead the new process development for the LFP 26650 in vendor’s plant. 
5.Lead the trouble shooting in vendor plant.

### Process and Quality Engineer @ Shenzhen BAK Ltd,.
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005
1.Manage the QE/QC department to maintain the cell phone battery manufacturing line;
2.Develop the control plan and SPC tools for the QC to monitor the process
3.Assistant to the NPI group to launch the new products
4.Train QE/QC 
5.Trouble shooting


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and technology
Central South University

### Bachelor in chemical engineering and technology
central south university (,Changsha,Hunan,China)


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kent-zeng-82321428

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