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Craftsmanship Engineer

Tesla
Fremont, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2025

Craftsmanship is the perception of quality that a customer has about a product, derived through sight, touch, sound, and scent. The Tesla Craftsmanship team is responsible for ensuring that the design of Tesla products is optimized so they are utterly compelling in the store and provide a faultless experience during use. At the early stages we work with the Product Management teams to quantify the required product content, the Design Studio to identify and resolve any issues relating to the concept, the Engineering and Dimensional teams to develop achievable, world-class gap and flush targets, and the Manufacturing and Quality teams to identify and prioritize issues during pre-production and launch.

Responsibilities

  • Ownership of Craftsmanship attribute deliverables for defined vehicle systems or areas
  • Benchmarking of competitor vehicles and consolidating data to define a robust and appropriately competitive Craftsmanship target
  • Creation and development of gap and flush control documents and ownership of target to process delivery alignment
  • Creation and development of Craftsmanship sensory targets that deliver a world-class user experience, beyond gap and flush conditions
  • Representation of the Craftsmanship attribute at all relevant meetings with the product design and development activities
  • Development of verification testing methods to ensure all targets are validated
  • Driving closure of Craftsmanship issues through negotiation, quantitative data, influence, and constructive alternative solution suggestion
  • Supporting the craftsmanship deliverables through to development / engineering sign-off of the vehicle
  • Supporting the quality functions to ensure targets are appropriately understood and measurable

Requirements

  • Excellent level of numeracy, literacy, and logical reasoning skills
  • An inherent attention to detail and an understanding of the factors that create a perception of exceptional quality in the mind of the consumer
  • An appreciation for the impact of and contribution to dimensional variation in assemblies
  • Good understanding of statistical analysis
  • An appreciation of how subjective data can be measured or quantified to develop robust, representative Craftsmanship targets
  • Creative, constructive, and positive approach to be able to positively contribute to the development of design solutions to meet Craftsmanship targets
  • Ability to explain complex issues, solutions and concepts with Design and Engineering teams using appropriately technical language.
  • A minimum of 2 years of automotive Craftsmanship or Perceived Quality is preferred
  • Demonstration of knowledge in a variety of production and prototype manufacturing methods
  • Flexibility to work across a wide variety of vehicle design areas
  • Compensation and Benefits

    Benefits

    As a part-time Tesla employee, you will be eligible for :

  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Pet Insurance
  • Expected Compensation

    92,720 - $206,520 / annual salary benefits

    Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

    Salary : $92,720 - $206,520

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