Quality Engineer, Cell & Module Manufacturing

What To Expect
Tesla Energy in Nevada is looking for an experienced Quality Engineer for Energy Storage business. In this role you will be responsible for battery cell manufacturing to build a world class quality process to enable Tesla to deliver safe and reliable stationary energy storage solutions to drive the mission to accelerate the world’s transition towards sustainable energy. This is a dynamic position where you work across several engineering groups, to proactively develop products and processes to be built right the first time, and continuously improve them to meet customer expectations and profitability goals.

What You'll Do

Accountable for the quality of incoming components, quality controls and assurance in production process, root cause analysis and resolution of problems impacting internal and external customers, continuous improvement and risk mitigation

Drive cross functional teams to achieve targets for field reliability, scrap and first pass yield

Development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to assure products will meet expectations of our target customers

Deployment of manufacturing level requirements to subsystems, assemblies & components to assure clear focus on design and customer needs

Leading development of FMEAs (Design & Process) for development teams to identify and address critical risks

Participate in design reviews to assure product subsystem quality, manufacturability, reliability, etc.

Assist development with dimensional analysis, statistical tolerancing and other methods to investigate the effects of part and process variability on system performance

Support process capability analyses to investigate the ability of suppliers and production processes to meet defined specifications and quality standards

Design effective experiments through DOE or other methods to support design and process teams in investigation of various alternatives to resolve quality issues

Manage and facilitate the root cause & corrective actions system through tracking and validation of issues and support in root cause analysis through facilitating brainstorming, use of lean methodologies, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, DMAIC, 8D, etc.

What You'll Bring

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience

Six Sigma or ASQ certification is preferred

Minimum 2 years of experiencein Quality Engineering

Minimum 1 year of experience with Electro-Mechanical Assemblies, Chemical Processes or Battery Cell Manufacturing preferred

Specific training and demonstrated success in applying design for quality, problem-solving methodologies, FMEA, process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE and SPC

Strong background and demonstrated success applying statistical methods

Minitab, JMP orother statistical software capabilities are preferred

Data mining, databases and scripting experience (e.g. MySQL, Python)

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Benefits
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

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