What to Expect

We are looking for an aspiring Engineer to join the Tesla High Voltage Electronics Top Level Assembly Supplier Industrialization Engineering team, to build the state of art supply chain with Tesla. This team involves in the entire product life cycle of several vehicle and energy products development with a focus on High Voltage Electronics TLA Modules. As a crucial member of the team, you will be responsible for manufacturing process concept knowledge sharing at early product concept phase, providing thorough Design for Six Sigma analysis during product design phase, driving high precision manufacturing process development, and leading supplier selections during RFQ phase, coaching suppliers using data driven approach and guiding them through the validation phase, eventually become high profile products supply chain owner after start of production to ensure on time delivery of product, and work on solving product quality issue, root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.

What You’ll Do
Conduct and implement Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) analysis and drive design solutions during early design phase with Design Engineering team
Perform Tolerance Stack Up and Monte Carlos Simulations to identify design risk and predict potential PPMs in production and feedback to Design
Lead Supplier industrialization and TLA manufacturing process development during the Request for Quote (RFQ) phase to ensure Capacity, Quality, Capex, headcount, Location, and space meet Tesla requirement
Identify Critical to Quality (CTQ) and New Unique Difficult (NUD) and drive supplier for robust process design
Act as program manager, coaching and guiding supplier to meet their committed industrialization schedule, also feedback the supplier industrialization status to various internal PM team.
Drive supplier to meet the production ramp up schedule during early Start of Production (SOP), also manage supplier resources to ensure Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) meeting Tesla Target
Manage supplier yield performance and work with internal test, ME, EE, and Rel team (internal or external) to drive for corrective actions and yield improvement
Manage supplier quality performance, and work closely with Tesla Field Quality and Factory Quality team to address Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs)
Facilitate communication and clarification of technical requirements between Suppliers and Tesla Purchasing, Quality, and Design teams
What You’ll Bring
5 years of experience in supply chain managing Electronics TLA preferred
Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience in Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Tolerance stacks up analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation and other Quality tools
Solid knowledge of statistical analysis tools and applications (JMP/Minitab)
Proficient in GD&T, 3D CAD software, CATIA preferred
Previous experience in Advanced product quality planning (APQP) needed
Supplier development and management experience
Self-motivated and the ability to work independently, hands on and ready to work in a fast-paced environment 
Domestic and International travel (expected 50% of the time) is required to engage with CMs, sometimes on short notice

PALO ALTO, California

Full time