Quality Engineer, Powerwall

Tesla•Sparks, NV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Tesla Energy in Sparks, NV is looking for an experienced Sr. Quality Engineer to support battery and electronics production lines. In this role, you will be responsible for the quality of the parts, the process and the final product. You will partner with design, supply chain, manufacturing and service to develop Tesla’s production process to make high quality products that meet our internal and external customer expectations. The Quality Engineer is a professional problem solver, that can make good use of quality techniques to solve quality challenges and develop reliable processes that prevent creation of defects. The Sr. Quality Engineer will work on high quality products that meet the high reliability standards in energy business, contributing to the mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla

Requirements

Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience
A minimum of 5+ years of experience
Specific training and demonstrated success in applying design for quality and problem solving methodologies, FMEA, process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, etc.
Strong background and demonstrated success applying statistical methods
Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills

Nice To Haves

ASQ or Six Sigma certification are preferred
Minitab, JMP or other statistical software capabilities are preferred
Data mining and database (e.g. MySQL) experience

Responsibilities

Development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to assure products will meet expectations of our target customers
Deployment of manufacturing level requirements to subsystems, assemblies & components to assure clear focus on design and customer needs
Identification of critical requirements to assure proper supplier and production focus on critical needs
Leading development of FMEAs (Design & Process) for development teams to identify and address critical risks
Support development of manufacturing equipment, controls and test plans to address risks identified in FMEA
Assist development with statistical tolerancing, Monte Carlo analysis and other methods to investigate the effects of part and process variability on system performance
Support process capability analyses to investigate the ability of suppliers and production processes to meet defined specifications and quality standards
Design effective experiments through DOE or other methods to support design teams in investigation of various alternatives or in design validation testing
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 testing, design of experiments, etc.

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