Data Engineer, Cell Manufacturing

Tesla•Austin, TX

25d

About The Position

Tesla is re-thinking how batteries are made from the ground up. We are designing new factories, new equipment, new processes, and new software to rapidly scale battery manufacturing. The primary bottleneck to Tesla’s future expansion and the transition to sustainable transport and energy storage is our ability to produce and procure batteries – that is why we are innovating in-house, with our collection of world-class engineers, to redefine the industry. Data, data analytics and analytics automation all play a critical part in this strategy. As part of the Global Cell Manufacturing Analytics and Systems team, you will drive analytics of critical and complex questions around process integration and overall factory optimization. While the role is based at Giga-Factory Texas, you will support all of Tesla’s cell manufacturing factories across North America and Europe. You will develop data, analytics workflows and impact the design of data architecture and software solutions that will be deployed globally. In this role, you will also develop data-driven models and analyses that will help our leadership ramp up and optimize our cell factories as fast as possible and maximize yield, throughput and effectiveness. Your hands-on analytics work will enable various engineering, operations, and executive customers at Tesla to leverage the vast amounts of data generated from the cell manufacturing process all the way to the global Tesla vehicle fleet, to design and produce safer, lower-cost, and higher-performance cells. The work environment is intellectually demanding, fast paced and incredibly exciting. You should be ready to push your limits, as you join a highly motivated and capable global team to achieve incredible goals.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience
2+ years of manufacturing analytics experience within a high-volume manufacturing environment
Substantial programming experience (e.g., Python, MATLAB)
Proficiency in SQL and Python stack (e.g. pandas, numpy, matplotlib, NumPy, SciPy)
Strong communication skills to translate engineering questions into data/software requirements
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals
Data visualization experience (e.g., Tableau, Grafana, Matplotlib, JMP, JavaScript)
Proven problem solver - demonstrated experience of data driven root cause analysis, strong statistical background is a plus
Experience with building data pipelines, database fundamentals, and machine learning models
Experience in DOEs and statistical analysis and presentation of experimental data

Responsibilities

Deep dive into process integration and manufacturing issues to ensure interactions between processes are understood and kept under control
Build data pipelines using Python, Apache AirFlow, Spark, SQL, ClickHouse and others
Build intuitive visualizations that quickly answer questions using software and tools such as JMP, Minitab, Grafana, Plotly, Tableau, React JS, and others
Develop models to simulate cell manufacturing processes to drive improvements and future line design
Work collaboratively with cross functional global teams
Design and develop new systems and tools to enable cross-functional teams to consume and understand data faster
Drive statistical data analysis, interpretation, and presentation of manufacturing data

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
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