Northvolt, a manufacturer of sustainable lithium-ion battery cells, employs roughly 795 people across Europe and North America. Internal staffing data shows 92 recorded hires alongside 1,384 documented departures, highlighting active workforce realignment as the company scales production capacity. The employee base is anchored by technical talent that supports cell design, large-scale manufacturing, and corporate functions required for a capital-intensive industry.
Engineering is Northvolt’s largest unit with 285 team members, accounting for about 36% of the workforce and underscoring the company’s R&D and process-engineering focus. Operations follows at 159 employees (20%), reflecting the resources needed to run gigafactory-level production. Business Management, Quality, and Finance & Administration collectively make up close to another fifth of headcount, while Marketing & Product, IT, HR, and Sales & Support provide complementary skills that round out the organization. An additional 59 employees are classified in an "Other" category, covering specialized or project-based roles.
Roughly half of Northvolt’s staff (48%) are listed under "Other," indicating a mix of remote workers, project sites, or locations not yet individually broken out. Among defined offices, Stockholm hosts the largest share at 218 employees (27%), serving as a central hub for corporate functions and R&D. Production-oriented teams are split between northern facilities such as Skellefteå (90 employees) and Västerås (65 employees), while smaller footprints exist in Malmö, Umeå, Gothenburg, Montreal, San Francisco, and Berlin. This spread illustrates a workforce concentrated in Sweden with strategic outposts supporting customer relationships and technology partnerships abroad.