Job Description
What to ExpectTesla is looking for a highly motivated process development engineer to create, develop and scale up manufacturing processes for our cutting-edge Tesla battery cell manufacturing line. This role will invent, develop, scale up and optimize battery manufacturing equipment and processes within a cross-functional engineering team responsible for the development lifecycle and launch into manufacturing. In this role, you will work closely with many organizations both internal and external to Tesla taking new battery designs from initial concept through into full production.
The battery cell is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and storage systems. This role will have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to our products. The work environment is demanding, fast-paced and incredibly exciting. The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join in highly motivated and capable team to make unbelieve things into reality.
What You’ll Do- Drive development of new/innovative manufacturing equipment and processes from proof of concept through to full scale production that enable improved battery performance and/or cost
- Drive improvement of equipment effectiveness, manufacturing tolerance, stability, automation and intelligence
- Drive equipment acceptance tests and document detailed and verified specifications
- Execute DoEs to optimize process conditions
- Collect, analyze and interperate experimental and production data to make informed decisions
- Design and build proof of concept equipment and fixtures
- Debug process integration issues to ensure interactions between processes are kept under control
- Work collaboratively with cross functional teams
- Effectively communicate findings to peers and management
What You’ll Bring- BS degree in relevant Engineering discipline or equivalent with relevant experience in interdisciplinary/integrated engineering, process development, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent. Senior roles available for more experienced candidates
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing design and process development
- Demonstrated capabilities in manufacturing process development for new and unique products
- Experience with installing, commissioning and operating new manufacturing equipment
- Proven problem solver - demonstrated experience of data driven root cause analysis, statistical software (JMP/Minitab) a plus
- Proficiency in designing mechanical equipment, fixtures, tooling and prototypes in 2D and 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred)
- Exposure to a wide variety of test and automation systems, production machinery, industrial sensors, data acquisition and I/O devices (e.g., pogo-pins, pressure transducers, temperature controllers, current and power meters, PLCs, etc)
- Familiarity with analytical software and programming languages (e.g. JMP, Minitab, Matlab, Python etc.) a plus
- Experience in high volume manufacturing involving one or more of these areas is highly desired: laser welding, swaging, high pressure filling
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