Cell Reliability Engineer, Cell Quality & Reliability

Tesla•Fremont, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The position is to support daily quality activities and process risk assessment, production quality inspection standards and reliability projections focusing on Fremont Factory. Candidate is expected to lead or support quality focused multidisciplinary cell-related projects, typically involving R&D, Design or Production organization. Must demonstrate the ability to effectively interface with employees throughout the company ranging from Production Associates to Executives within Tesla and with Suppliers. The Engineer must be extremely organized, detail orientated, with strong ability to prioritize and multitask, successfully collaborate on projects with a range of business objectives. This person must exhibit the knowledge, leadership, and drive needed to not only challenge the status quo, but also define and execute the optimal path forward.

Requirements

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or equivalent experience
1-2+ years of industry experience
Quality control experience in test/manufacturing environment
Design of experiments for process optimization
Demonstrated competence to organize large projects internally and externally across various disciplines
Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to break down complex technical topics and deliver visual technical presentations (e.g. PowerPoint) to groups of Engineers, Scientists, and Technicians
Ability to manipulate and record data into and from databases, ingest and analyze data from manufacturing databases - MySQL, SQL, Python, Tableau
Experience in running reliability or validation tests that help in detecting cell level failure modes, life prediction models using python/matlab or other softwares

Responsibilities

Implement quality control for cell processes/test models to ensure proper detection and outlier rejection criteria at Fremont production
Perform risk assessment with process engineers for proper documentation of control plan, pfmea/dfmea, ppap, IQC/OQC metrics along with supporting key production metrics to achieve yield, OEE
Provide support to cell quality lab on field return cases and necessary reliability tests for validation
Develop quality inspection tools to support day-to-day production activities including sampling frequency for defect rates and necessary test criteria to prevent containment/scrap
Analyze Field Reliability/Quality data for cell related failures and failure modes to predict expected failure rates, affected populations, verify effectiveness of the corrective actions at Tesla and at suppliers
Support manufacturing introductions of new in-house manufacturing lines and mass production cell models
Produce cogent and intelligible data visualizations, author technical presentations and summarize high-impact technical findings

Benefits

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
Tesla Babies program
Commuter benefits
Employee discounts and perks program