Production Engineering Trainee Program (Summer 2024)

The PEAK (Production Engineering Accelerated Knowledge) Program provides early career Engineers with the opportunity to develop their Manufacturing Engineering skills in a challenging, fast-paced, and impactful manufacturing role onsite at Gigafactory Nevada. Throughout the program, you will develop both Process, Quality and Equipment Engineering skills to optimize & sustain some of the most highly advanced manufacturing in the world. Join us at Gigafactory Nevada, where cutting-edge technology meets innovation, and embark on a transformative journey to make a real difference, be part of an inclusive and diverse team, and elevate your engineering abilities.

Structure of the PEAK Program: The 6-month program will consist of the following components: Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Online Training (OLT), On-the-Job Training (OJT), and engineering projects.  The training curriculum is based upon being a Tesla Quality, Process and Equipment Engineer on our Battery and Drive Unit teams.

The PEAK program does not align you with a specialized occupation since you will be in a training program. Due to this, you will not be eligible for the H1B lottery, while you are in the program. If your university is aligned, you may be eligible to utilize your OPT during this year program.

This post will be removed from our careers page on April 3rd, 2024. Program will be starting fulltime August 2024, must be available at that time for consideration.

• Master Mechatronics: Troubleshoot and optimize

• Tesla's world-class manufacturing equipment through a variety of hands-on learning surrounding automation, including but not limited to Robotics, PLC, and Mechatronics labs

• Learn Engineering Principles: Analyze and refine production processes to ensure safety while maximizing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in cost effective means while driving to achieve quality levels aligned with Six Sigma (6σ) principles, development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to assure product will meet expectations of our target customer

• Support development of manufacturing equipment, controls and test plans to address risks identified in FMEA

• 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 testings, design of experiments, etc.

• Execute Engineering Projects: Using advanced project management and statistical techniques taught in this program, you will bring significant impact to your engineering team and present your results to factory leadership

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Engineering experience, or equivalent

• Ability to work onsite at Gigafactory Nevada in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment, ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours/day, including over varied and uneven terrain

• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills

• Previous internship, academic or hobbyist experience in Mechatronics and/or Industrial Automation projects is an asset

• Include resume with graduation year for fulltime availability

• Letter of recommendation from a mentor, professor, manager, or equivalent (Please include this letter with your resume, as application will only allow you to upload one document)

• Three examples of exceptional Engineering ability from university projects, internships, work experience, hobbyist experience, or equivalent (Application will have a section for you to include this)