Automation Controls Technician, Cathode Manufacturing

What to Expect

Tesla’s in-house Cathode Manufacturing Facility is located in Austin Texas. This investment is critical to our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy and represents our efforts to increase the supply of cathode in North America. Automation Controls Technician work on a rotating shift schedule, focusing on field and control room chemical unit operations for safely running process systems and associated equipment during their shift. Candidates must have a strong work ethic, be safety conscious, display attention to detail, be adaptable, work with minimal direction, have good communication skills and be able to work in a team-based environment. The successful candidate will safely and efficiently operate the necessary equipment as an Automation Controls Technician. Automation Controls Technicians are the first responding problem solvers who manage machine breakdown recoveries to keep production running.

What You’ll Do

• Maintain standardized work procedures for PLC troubleshooting, testing and automated equipment controls.
• Assist in all areas of automated equipment maintenance and troubleshooting to ensure the cell team meets the equipment yield and availability targets
• Troubleshoot and maintain all controls components such as PLC, safety devices, HMI, servo drives, process hardware and robots
• Thrive in a fast paced and dynamic environment and able to manage multiple priorities
• Operate equipment using internal or 3rd party software to decipher logs and troubleshoot equipment
• Complete area specific training to obtain qualification to independently operate.
• Issue permits for maintenance work

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum of 2 years of Controls Technician experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment
• Skilled at troubleshooting electromechanical systems, building and wiring industrial electrical cabinets
• Skilled in Siemens PLC Language, Fanuc Robots, SCADA & HMI systems, such as Ignition, WinCC, or SIMATIC
• Preferred experience in Chemical Manufacturing process.
• Command of the English language, written and verbal

Essential Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours a day, including over varied and uneven terrain
• Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35 lbs., including the ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down stairs
• Frequently and repetitively, bend, lift and reach
• Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours a day
• Climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding or other high structures
• Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, or hearing
• Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for extended periods of time including but not limited to: PAPR, safety harness, safety shoes and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines