Process Engineer

Department: Powertrain Process Engineering – Fremont Factory

The Role: Process Engineer for Powertrain Manufacturing

Responsibilities:

• Be able to work in a collaborative, dynamic and intensive environment.
• Focus for this role will be on the Small and Large Drive Unit Inverter Products. Experience with manufacturing and testing is really critical to success in this role.
• Responsible for diagnosing issues found during the Powertrain manufacturing process and driving corrective action back to the source through controlled 8D discipline.
• Perform process improvement for the manufacturing line on variety of mechanical and electrical processes. This includes: disposition of non-conforming material, leading a team to address out-of-control processes, driving yield improvement projects and qualifying new equipment and process.
• Perform factory support for items such as 5S, Lean Manufacturing, material handling improvements, kaizen efforts and assisting with configuration of production lines and safety procedures.
• Analyze data from various Powertrain products to identify trends in manufacturing quality. Develop and modify test plans based on data analysis.
• Perform process characterization and establish process controls for all critical process parameters using real-time SPC. Drive continuous improvement to ensure high throughput, low cost and improved lead-time.
• Partner with other organizations and cross functional teams to roll out engineering changes in a timely and controlled fashion.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent; Mechanical, or Electrical preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a Manufacturing/Process Environment.

Requirements:

• Hands-on skills with diagnostics software, hardware, tools, instruments, general electromechanical systems and measurement techniques
• Strong problem solving skills and an aptitude for learning systems quickly
• Data collection and analysis experience; Test data, Field data and Quality data
• Exceptional capacity for managing multiple simultaneous projects and challenges.
• Ability to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical system problems; High Voltage and Low Voltage Circuit troubleshooting experience a plus
• Communicate effectively with direct team and peers within a manufacturing and engineering organization. This includes excellent communication skills: written, verbal, presentation and email.
• Creative capacity for developing new ways to do things better, cheaper, faster and in alignment with the aggressive Tesla approach to revolutionary product development.
• Passion for making fantastic new products and using testing as a means to enable an engineering organization to achieve outstanding quality, reliability and excellence.