Tesla - Austin, TX
posted 4 days ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Austin, TX
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
About the position
The Industrial Engineer at Tesla will play a crucial role in enhancing manufacturing processes through continuous improvement initiatives. This position involves collaborating with various engineering and production teams to identify constraints, optimize equipment effectiveness, and ensure that production line designs align with the factory's overall vision. The role requires a strong analytical mindset to support data-driven decision-making and improve operational efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy a framework of continuous improvement utilizing lean principles
- Work with manufacturing engineering and production teams to identify production constraints
- Collaborate with production engineering teams to determine overall equipment effectiveness and associated improvement strategies
- Perform value-stream analysis through the use of simulations
- Work with external teams designing production lines for the factory to ensure that their layouts align with the overall plan and vision for the factory
- Support decision making on process layout through the use of data.
Requirements
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience as part of a project team prioritizing multiple continuous improvement projects
- Experience doing the detailed analysis necessary to make data driven decisions on process layout design, production line design or warehouse design
- Able to gain buy in from a diverse group of stakeholders
- Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with factories that require clean rooms and dry rooms is a plus
- Experience with MOS/MES systems is a plus
- Mastery of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
- 2+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with factories that require clean rooms and dry rooms
- Experience with MOS/MES systems
Benefits
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution options
- Company Paid HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- LGBTQ+ care concierge services
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
