Quality Engineering Technician, Megafactory

We are seeking an energetic, highly motivated, team-oriented Quality Engineering Technician be responsible for evaluating parts produced on various lines (electro-mechanical components and subassemblies, body in white, welding, powder coat, general/final assembly), and end of line testing in a high-speed environment. Technicians will flag production parts found to be suspect or nonconforming, remove from line and support engineering with containment activities through clean point to ensure Tesla standards are being met. Technicians must be prepared to escalate concerns to the appropriate party and always promote a culture of quality. The purpose of the Quality Engineering Technician is to minimize the number of defective parts that are sent to downstream departments and assist multiple teams in maintaining and improving overall part quality, yielding beneficial results and higher efficiency for Tesla.

• Lead product tear downs to Support Quality Engineers in root cause analysis of materialized quality issues

• Assist Quality Engineers during fault injection exercises and in management of Issue Tracker actions to resolution

• Work closely with manufacturing, process, and suppliers to establish processes and procedures that will ensure consistently high quality

• Maintain, update, and validate product and quality plans and control plans

• Leads line to line root cause issues/solutions to increase and maintain quality metrics and performance

• Develop and implement daily process/line specific audit plans for Quality Technicians, compile, and review results with cross-functional teams

• Take part in ongoing optimization of manufactured products with respect to both cost and production technology

• Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal

• Experience with quality systems in a high-volume manufacturing environment

• Experienced in APQP, PPAP, FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA preferred

• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing practices, 5S, TPS, TQM, GD&T, engineering drawings, electronic test, and measurement systems highly desired

• Ability to effectively communicate common issues and defects to leadership and management assisting with solutions

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment providing line leadership and guidance

• Ability to pull and manipulate data in SQL, basic statistical knowledge (capability, t-tests, etc.)