Manufacturing Controls Engineer, Roadster

What to Expect

Tesla is seeking a Controls Engineer for the Roadster Manufacturing team to be part of a world-class team of engineers responsible for designing and building the automation and equipment at the Tesla factories. As a Controls Engineer, you are responsible for deploying programmable logic controllers (PLCs) solutions that improve machine reliability, uptime, and performance. This includes providing support activities during machine design, retools, code updates, installations, debugging, testing, and configurations. Controls Engineers use equipment data to help validate changes and improve performance of the manufacturing process. There will be occasional support of night shift and weekend shifts as needed.

What You’ll Do

• Architect, write, and debug PLC and Script based controls systems with an emphasis on generating code that is organized, structured, documented, maintainable and reusable. PLC code will interact with subsystems such as conveyors, robots, Manufacturing Operations System (MOS), Lab View, machine vision, and 3rd party equipment

• Use machine data to improve OEE with a focus on equipment availability, quality, and safety

• Deploy and manage SCADA and HMI screens for complex lines and machines

• Support maintenance in troubleshooting downtime by using Controls and Electrical engineering skills

• Train operators, maintenance, and engineers to best practices around machines under your scope

• Characterize and validate automated processes using a data driven statistical approach such as Capacity and Capability test (GR&R, CpK)

• Manage change control with cross functional teams and validation with PLC fleet

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent – Majors in: Controls and Computer Control Systems, Mechatronic Engineering, Automation Engineering, etc.), or the equivalent in experience

• Experience programming Cartesian, SCARA and Articulated robots is highly desired (Fanuc, Kuka, ABB, Epson)

• Experience with Vision Systems (Cognex, Keyence, Halcon, Fanuc

• Experience working with PLCs: Beckhoff, Siemens, Allen Bradle

• Experience working with SCADA and HMI like Ignition, WinCC, TcHMI

• Experience in networks communications like EtherCAT, EIP, Profinet, Databases

• Experience in Python, Go Lang, Structured Text is a plus