Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Plastics Packaging

What You'll Do

• Plan, organize, direct, and conduct industrialization related activities within the packaging and supply chain teams.
• Develop, manage, audit, improve and correct supplier planning and execution of packaging manufacturing and assembly techniques and quality control processes from the advanced development phase to mass production qualification.
• Facilitate communication and clarification of technical requirements between Suppliers and Tesla Purchasing, Quality, and Design teams.
• Provide input on new or alternative materials for improved design, manufacturability, or cost reduction.
• Accountable for supplier audits to ensure their ability to meet part performance, delivery, and reliability expectations, including recurrent visits to lead track and improve supplier manufacturing processes and launch readiness for new products and design changes.
• Guide suppliers in developing exceptionally robust processes and procedures to promote efficient and seamless production of high-quality products, validate supplier corrective actions involving design and/or process changes to ensure they are robust, sustainable, and implemented for similar potential concerns across manufacturing lines and/or suppliers.
• Establishing Engineering standards and best practices for category areas. Resolve tooling or product manufacturing and process deviation related issues in collaboration with cross functional teams. Implement product and process improvement projects to make manufacturing assembly processes more robust and reliable with, data analysis, Six Sigma and Lean practices and tools.
• Solve critical supply quality and continuity problems with supplier SMEs, including troubleshooting at the vendor site.
• Track and report supplier performance metrics

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, Plastics Engineering or similar degree, or equivalent work experience with evidence of exceptional ability
• 5-7 years of experience in Manufacturing, Processing, Designing or Developing Plastic components or assemblies. Thin gauge thermoforming and high-precision injection molding experience is heavily preferred
• Knowledge of tooling, processing, and inspection of composite products, experience in quality systems is a plus, in-depth knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and inspection
• Able to communicate and direct supplier activities at the management level, define and execute a project using project management techniques
• Able to thrive in a fast paced, dynamic environment and have excellent team building skills in dealing with suppliers, peers, and other functional areas
• Strong technical writing ability and an ability to explain complex issues in a concise and plain manner as well as be familiar with SPC and data analysis
• An average of 30% travel, possibly on short notice

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Other financial benefits
• Basic Life, AD&D Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Tesla Babies program
• Employee discounts and perks program