Process Engineer, Powertrain

- Mid Level

Fremont, CA

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

About the position

Tesla is seeking a self-motivated Sustaining Process Engineer to ensure continuous production quality and enable world-class manufacturing of Tesla's cutting-edge battery packs. The Battery Pack provides energy storage for every Tesla vehicle. This is an exciting opportunity to develop world-class process-sustaining standards for Tesla's next-generation battery packs. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work on a critical subsystem in world-changing products.

Responsibilities

• Eliminate waste in the manufacturing system
• Identify trends and signals in process data
• Create game plans and maintenance work orders in response to trends
• Drive long-term line improvements to yield cycle time and process capability
• Review critical process metrics daily for statistical shifts from nominal and develop game plans to address
• Identify and/or develop critical process monitors and metrics for battery module and pack manufacturing
• Guide and develop roadmaps for aggressive improvement to OEE metrics: Yield, Cycle Time, Availability, and Cost
• Manage workload with a positive attitude as a team player in a collaborative work environment
• Drive continuous improvement and support activities for engineering and manufacturing including 5S and Lean manufacturing activities, material handling improvements, production line configuration, and safety procedures

Requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Science, or equivalent experience
• Ability to derive data-supported root causes and propose strong countermeasures
• Experience with Tableau, R-studio, Minitab, and/or JMP preferred
• Must be able to pull data using efficient SQL queries
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and an aptitude for learning systems quickly
• Capacity for managing simultaneous activities and challenges
• Demonstrated experience in ramping a high volume, automated and semi-automated manufacturing line
• Creative capacity for developing new ways to do things better, cheaper, faster in alignment with Tesla's approach to ramping production lines
• Passion for making fantastic new products with industry-leading quality

Nice-to-haves

• Ignition Automation experience
• Familiarity with two-part adhesives
• Experience with Atlas-Copco fastener rundown traces and quality detection methods
• Vision inspection systems preferred, such as Keyence 2D image inspection and profilometry