Job Details
Full-timeEstimated: $83,000 – $110,000 a year13 hours ago
Qualifications
Full Job Description
Tesla is looking for a highly motivated manufacturing engineer to create manufacturing equipment and processes for our cutting edge Battery products. Battery development is at the heart of our company and this is an exciting opportunity work directly the central challenge with electric vehicles – battery cost. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work with a highly motivated team on extremely challenging projects.
In addition to developing manufacturing equipment and processes, Manufacturing Engineers work with cross-functional teams throughout the entire product lifecycle. You will work closely with Design Engineering, Quality and Production to take Battery design changes and new Battery designs from initial concept through prototype development and into full production.
What You’ll Do
Design manufacturing equipment and fixtures
Develop manufacturing processes
Drive design for manufacturability
Collaborate with small teams on in-house development of novel and complex automation equipment
Develop specifications for custom automation equipment
Closely collaborate with external equipment integrators on custom automation equipment design
Manage external equipment integrators from equipment development through buyoff
Validate and characterize new equipment and fixtures for production implementation
Create detailed Manufacturing Instructions to document new processes
Design production workstations for ergonomics and efficiency
What You’ll Bring
Experience developing manufacturing processes for new and unique products
Experience transitioning products from prototype to production
Experience designing mechanical equipment, fixturing and tooling in CAD (SolidWorks preferred, Catia is also a plus)
Experience developing automated manufacturing equipment
Experience introducing new equipment and new processes into a production environment (APQP is a plus)
Extensive project management experience
Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
Multiple new equipment installations
Multiple new product startups
3+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
BS/MS Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent