Staff Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, Battery Pack

What You'll Do

• Develop expertise in manufacturing processes, analyze critical data, and understand equipment capabilities.
• Modify line layouts using Lean Manufacturing best practices to optimize material flow, waste reduction, and ergonomics.
• Participate in the transition of products from concept to mass manufacturing / scale up and launch experience.
• Optimize production equipment to maximize safety and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), driving world-class quality levels.
• Lead continuous improvement projects to increase yield, capacity, and capability.
• Design new tooling, fixtures, assembly aids, and equipment to enhance processes and yield.
• Conceptualize high-volume production equipment, prioritizing safety, cost, capacity, volumetric efficiency, and delivery time.
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the part manufacturing process, utilizing structured problem-solving techniques.
• Create documentation such as BOMs, schematics, maintenance guides, and operator manuals.
• Utilize CAD modeling and FEA structural analysis for new tooling/equipment, defining specifications and requirements.
• Identify automation opportunities and collaborate with Automation/Control Engineers for design and implementation.
• Provide DFM (design for manufacturability) input to design team for process and yield improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and technicians in complex projects and technical tasks.
• Support 24/7 production operations as needed.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience as a hands-on mechanical/manufacturing/design engineer working on mechanical and/electromechanically systems.
• Experience in OSHA automation equipment safety standards.
• Experience commissioning equipment from concept phase through ramp to sustaining.
• Experience in electrical and mechanical design software for practical applications, i.e., Solidworks, AutoCAD, CATIA, EPlan etc.
• Experience providing Design for Manufacturability and Automation; Allen Bradley, Siemens and/or Beckhoff PLC platforms; Robots, specifically Fanuc; Ignition/ SCADA data systems.
• Experience leading a team of engineers in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability and flexibility to support a highly automated line as well as a manual general assembly line.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction.
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution.
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Basic Life, AD&D Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays.
• Commuter benefits.
• Tesla Babies program.
• Commute benefits.
• Employee discounts and perks program, Tesla.