Manufacturing Engineering Technician

• Support all aspects of activities in Fremont area, including powder handling, process development, part assembly and adjustment, tool organization and cleaning etc.
• Work closely with engineers to drive rapid improvement of observed manufacturing issues, establish processes and procedures that will ensure consistently high quality and high efficiency.
• Support FMEA activities to ensure design and manufacturing issues are identified and risks mitigated.
• Assist in the identification and resolution of manufacturing quality issues, contain parts or products as needed, sort parts for quality requirements.
• Monitor quality, determine the root cause of problems and implement corrective actions and countermeasures.
• Draft and maintain process related documentation, product quality plans and control plans.
• Maintain quality performance metrics and drive issues to root cause solutions.
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to continuously improve the process/procedure and train production team.
• Process and implement Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) as required.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities, with manufacturing and external suppliers.
• Work with Engineering and Suppliers to develop specifications that support production requirements.
• Anticipate potential problems and take preventative action.

• 1 years of detailed hands-on experience on manufacturing tools
• Ability and passion to perform hands-on task with roll-to-roll manufacturing tools.
• Interface, perform inspections or other job function in multiple Bay Area Tesla facilities and/or groups, including Tesla
• Fremont factory, Tesla Headquarters, Lathrop Remanufacturing.
• Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills, excellent communication skills.
• Strong desire to learn and use advanced characterization and analysis techniques
• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-pace environment, ability to lift and sort parts of up to 40 pounds as needed.
• Experience within in a high voltage manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use technological tools and business system applications to manage, synthesize, and interpret data.
• Ability to operate relevant personal computing hardware and standard software.

Desirable Experience

• Experience in roll-to-roll manufacturing is preferred
• Experience in powder handling and delivery is preferred
• Programming/Database Experience (SQL, Python, MATLAB, R, etc.) is preferred
• Desire and skills to develop new diagnostics hardware and software for high voltage systems
• Familiarity with lab material characterization techniques