What to Expect

The FPC Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) is the subject matter expert on FPC and rigid-flex manufacturing processes and fabrication rulesets and will be responsible for supplier audits, qualifications, and supplier selections for all FPCs in Tesla’s electronics portfolio. 

What You’ll Do

• Support with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) based on FPC supplier fabrication limitations and guide Design Engineers to optimize FPC layouts and designs
• Define and maintain FPC specifications, criteria, and reliability standards to improve supplier performance for incumbent and new FPC suppliers 
• Review and define APQP/PPAP requirements as the primary owner and approver of downstream FPC and rigid-flex suppliers 
• Conduct FPC supplier audits and support with the development of additional audit criteria to assess suppliers to meet Tesla’s high standard of quality 
• Drive FPC suppliers on quality issues and field escalations based on root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Support negotiations for piece price and product development to ensure that Tesla’s pricing meets best-landed-cost expectations as well as Supplier Industrialization standards of Best-In-Class quality
• Participate on cost reduction initiatives by exploring new and innovative process, materials, design and new technologies

What You’ll Bring

• Degree or relevant experience in Electrical, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering 
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with FPC manufacturing or industrializing and managing FPC suppliers 
• Subject Matter Expert on Flexible Printed Circuits, Rigid-Flex, or Conductive Trace Printing on Flexible Polymer materials
• Familiarity with quality tools such as APQP, PPAP SPC, RCCA, and related methods like control charts and pareto analysis 
• Strong knowledge and understanding of industry specifications and standards especially IPC and JEDEC 
• Experienced with optimizing FPC panel design, and material vs cost vs capacity
• Strong understanding of roll-to-roll drilling, plating, DES, lamination, cover lay alignment, PI/FR4 attach, and e-test
• Solid technical knowledge of the FPC Assembly manufacturing process 
• International travel is required to engage with manufacturing partners, sometimes on short notice