What to Expect

Tesla’s world-class Cell Manufacturing Engineering team is looking for a highly-motivated Manufacturing Engineer with experience in wet powder deposition applications for an exciting new project.  This engineer is expected to be or become a manufacturing expert in the field of wet powder deposition applications and will be involved in the design, development, commissioning and ramping of high-speed automated equipment, while working in a cross-functional team to test, validate, and roll-out process and product design changes.   

The battery cell is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and storage systems. This role will have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to our products.  The work environment is demanding, fast-paced and incredibly exciting.  The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join in highly motivated and capable team to make unbelieveable things into reality. 

What You’ll Do
Drive design, development, commissioning, and ramp of manufacturing equipment including but not limited to rotogravure, coating, calendaring, extrusion or similar wet powder deposition processes used in cell electrode manufacturing and qualify them using statistically valid data sets and workflow  
Work collaboratively as the equipment expert to ensure production lines run in a safe, efficient manner producing high quality parts 
Become owner / subject matter expert to drive equipment-related process improvement including detailed troubleshooting and root cause analysis 
Drive manufacturing ramp by characterizing baseline and improving performance of equipment with wet powder deposition systems; ensure manufacturing lines meet OEE goals 
Troubleshoot and recover processes using PLC, HMI, or tool management software, and implement changes/improvements 
Build training material, maintenance routines, and related documentation for equipment life cycle management 
Develop equipment specifications, process flow and P&ID diagrams 
Provide direction and mentorship to third party machine/automation suppliers and/or Tesla internal machine building team; participate in supplier/internal equipment FAT and SAT
What You’ll Bring
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or another engineering discipline, 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a high volume manufacturing environment, or equivalent experience

Experience in equipment using wet powder deposition systems including gain/loss in weight hoppers, mixers, material conveyance.  Strong hands-on experience with pilot and high-volume manufacturing including practical knowledge of rheology, selection of related hardware and software
Demonstrated experience solving complex electromechanical and software system issues with limited documentation to debug, build process know-how, and kick off improvement projects 
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development 
Structured thinking and problem solving abilities. Proven through a number of root cause analysis following a data driven approach, statistical software (JMP) a plus 
3D CAD design experience in production equipment, creating/validating layouts, tooling drawings, pneumatic and electrical schematics. Experience with PLC programming a plus
Availability for travel domestic/international as required; knowledge and understanding of Battery Cell technology a plus

Sparks, Nevada

Full time