Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Body In White, Megafactory

Tesla Manufacturing Engineers have the important role of designing "the machine that builds the machine". We work with the cross-functional teams (design, quality, production, sustaining, and supply chain) throughout the entire lifecycle of a product (from initial design through prototype development and into full production) to develop high quality and efficient manufacturing equipment and processes that will produce power electronics, thermal systems and customer facing industrial battery storage systems. The Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Body in White, will lead a team of engineers and work closely with cross functional stakeholders to maintain existing equipment, processes, and testers.

• Develop manufacturing equipment and processes from pilot prototypes to full scale ramp

• Determine and procure equipment that is necessary for all manufacturing processes used to build the product

• Work with equipment integrators to design and manufacture equipment and fixtures for medium to high-volume production

• Manage suppliers during specification, design, buyoff and installation of manufacturing equipment

• Characterize and validate new equipment and fixtures for introduction to the production floor

• Determine layout of production workstations for product flow, ergonomics, and efficiency

• Perform process analysis, DOE (design of experiments), PFMEA, line balancing activities, and capacity modeling/simulation

• Provide DFM (design for manufacturability) input to design team for process and yield improvements

• Create detailed manufacturing instructions to train technicians and line operators on new processes and equipment

• Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical or Mechatronic Engineering, or equivalent experience

• Experience leading a team of engineers in a manufacturing setting and 5+ years working in a body in white manufacturing environment

• Experience with MIG & spot welding, bolting, and riveting joints

• Experience with robot programming, backup, and restoration for Fanuc

• Experience with PLC programming (Siemens), troubleshooting, and configuration

• Experience in developing electrical schematics is a plus

• Experience creating technical specifications for automated manufacturing equipment

• Experience introducing new products and new processes from a prototype environment to a production environment

• Experience providing design for manufacturability and automation with experience designing production line layouts in AutoCAD

• Proficiency designing mechanical equipment, fixturing, and tooling in CAD (SolidWorks or CATIA)