What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Reliability Engineer, Facilities position at Tesla?
A Mechanical Reliability Engineer in the GigaFactory Facilities team will sustain, and support new and existing utility equipment, and continuously improves processes that supports one of the most automated factories in the world. The best candidate for the position has a high aptitude to learn new skillsets in the position. The expectation is that the engineer will start with strengths in each field and then learn all other areas from those who work with them. This role requires capability across the board to sustain all parts of the process equipment.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with Facilities Maintenance, Design, Operations, Process Engineering and Controls and other cross functional teams as the expert to ensure factory's utility equipment run in a safe, efficient manner to minimize production downtime
- Develop / improve reliability requirements for design phase that includes full life cycle feedback
- Develop / improve preventative maintenance programs by use of criticality, FMEA, RCM tools to identify failure modes and the mitigations to insure minimal impact on production
- Responsible for continuous process optimization based on reliability requirements of the system / equipment
- Support metrics that track field reliability performance
- Perform data analysis to predict and curb failures before they occur
- Become owner / subject matter expert to drive equipment-related process improvement including detailed troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Build training material, maintenance routines, service bulletins, one-point lessons and related documentation related to cradle to grave equipment life cycle management
- Identify equipment critical spare parts and ensure sufficient coverage to prevent extended downtime situations
- Provide hands-on support to maintenance team to troubleshoot and resolve extended downtime situations
Requirements
Compensation and Benefits
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire :
2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
