What to Expect

Tesla is looking for a highly motivated process development engineer to create, develop and scale up manufacturing processes for our cutting-edge Tesla battery cell manufacturing line. This role will invent, develop, scale up and optimize battery manufacturing processes within a cross-functional engineering team responsible for the development lifecycle and launch into manufacturing. In this role, you will work closely with many organizations both internal and external to Tesla taking new battery designs from initial concept through into full production.

The battery cell is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and storage systems. This role will have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to our products. The work environment is demanding, fast-paced and incredibly exciting. The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join in highly motivated and capable team to make unbelieve things into reality.

What You'll Do

• Drive development of new/innovative manufacturing processes from proof of concept through to full scale production that enable improved battery performance and/or cost
• Initiate and Lead development of new inspections using Xray/CTs as well as other non-destructive methods
• Develop Scripts ( Python) to automate process for data extraction and image processing offline
• Proficient in data analysis / interpretation and presentation of experimental data using tools like Minitab/JMP/SQL/Tableau
• Develop and manage PFMEA risk assessments to prioritize process improvement projects and ensure adequate metrology and controls are in place
• Drive process and equipment commissioning on new production lines. Perform SAT and FAT to validate tooling
• Work collaboratively with cross functional teams – Design, vendors, quality and production teams and communicate build quality risks / defects to upstream teams
• Build process documentation to accurately define the process to cross-functional teams (equipment, quality, production, etc.)
• Support the identification, research, and development of business cases for future metrology equipment acquisition within the cell team, as well as utilizing academic institutional facilities

What You'll Bring

• Degree or equivalent experience in manufacturing and/or process development
• Experience developing robust analytical methods and assessing robustness via Gage R&R type assessment
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development
• Proven problem solver - demonstrated experience of data driven root cause analysis, statistical software (JMP, Minitab, Tableau) is a must
• Demonstrated capabilities in manufacturing process development for new and unique products is a plus
• Experience in high volume manufacturing involving one or more of these areas is highly desired: Power electronics, Semi-conductors, Battery manufacturing (li-ion or other chemistry), Long-term reliability testing
• Experience / background in the following are desired, but not required:
• Experience with non-destructive metrology techniques used to characterize batteries, such as Hipot or ACIR/OCV testing, Xray and CT is a plus
• Experience or strong understand of image processing and / or machine learning methods as they apply to inspection data is highly desired
• Experience / background in vision development is highly desired, though not required

Compensation and Benefits