Process Engineer
Tesla · Buffalo, NY · 2 mo ago
On-siteManufacturing$76k–$113k/yrFull-time
What You'll Do
- Lead continuous improvement activities to drive improvements to critical KPIs: safety, quality, output, and cost
- Establish regular yield tracking, including data collection and Pareto charts for top failures; lead team meetings to review and drive implementation of countermeasures to top issues
- Establish and monitor SPC for all critical process parameters and ensure process documentation is updated, clear, and comprehensive
- Work closely with New Product Introduction teams to trial and implement product changes and plan for sub-component obsolescence at suppliers
- Work closely with maintenance and equipment engineering to troubleshoot equipment issues and address production issues
- Lead NCM (non-conforming material) activities, including the documentation and troubleshooting of line fall out
- Create troubleshooting guides and document procedures for offline failure analysis of test failures and non-conformances
- Create and document rework procedures for non-conforming material
- Work with field quality and remanufacturing to monitor field reliability of finished products and drive necessary process improvements to reduce failures
- Create and maintain SOPs and process flow, make necessary updates for process and BoM changes
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Engineering (preferred Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial) or equivalent relevant experience
- 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing, operations, or similar
- Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, 5S, continuous improvement, and problem-solving tools and methodologies (A3, 8D, or similar)
- Experience with FMEAs and 8D and statistical process control (SPC)
- Experience with time study methodologies and industrial engineering basics and strong mechanical and electrical engineering fundamentals
- Working experience with Python, SQL, and/or SolidWorks
- Strong verbal and written communication, ability to work in large teams, and comfortable with ambiguity
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
- Medical plans, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts
- Health savings account contributions
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Sick and vacation time
- Paid holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits
- Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program