Process Engineer, Battery Module

What To Expect

• Develop expertise in manufacturing processes.
• Understand process capabilities through critical data analysis and in-depth understanding of the product.
• Develop and modify line layouts, including material flow, waste reduction, and ergonomics, utilizing Lean Manufacturing best practices.
• Analyze and optimize production processes to ensure safety while maximizing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in cost-effective means while driving to achieve world-class quality levels.
• Champion continuous improvement projects (CIP) to maximize yield, capacity, and capability.
• Responsible for diagnosing issues found during the part manufacturing process and drive corrective action back to source, resulting in root cause identification and elimination.
• Utilize structured problem-solving techniques such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Why (5W) and Eight Disciplines (8D).
• Develop robust and clear data collection, visualization, and analysis tools.
• Enable data-driven operational and financial decisions through predictive insights into tool and process performance, including integration of factory data systems and use of software such as MySQL, Python, R, JMP, Minitab, Tableau and Ignition.
• Monitor and reduce process variation using techniques such as Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA).
• Maintain and audit manufacturing processes to ensure product specifications and standards are achieved.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of FMEAs and Control Plans.
• Create and implement Engineering Change Orders.
• Create and maintain Manufacturing Instructions, routings, and associated processes.
• Manage activities for process sustaining technicians to support day-to-day coverage of production line, including developing and documenting appropriate rework procedures.
• Support 24 by 7 production operations.

What You'll Bring

• Education: Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience: 4+ years in a high volume, highly automated manufacturing facility developing and improving processes.
• Skills: Knowledge of Statistical Process Control and its application, strong problem-solving skills, ability to learn systems quickly, structured problem-solving techniques such as DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Why (5W) or Eight Disciplines (8D), ability to resolve high-level performance issues into addressable actions, experience in the use of a broad variety of test, control, and data acquisition equipment and software, strong communication skills, creative capacity for developing new ways to do things better, cheaper, faster in alignment with the Tesla approach to revolutionary product development, passion for making fantastic new products and using testing to enable an engineering organization to achieve outstanding quality, reliability, and excellence.

Benefits

• Career Development: Competitive pay, comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits.
• Work-Life Balance: Company-paid life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program, sick and vacation time, and paid holidays.
• Community Engagement: Commuter benefits, employee discounts and perks program, Tesla Babies program, and other community engagement initiatives.