What to Expect

We are looking for a Reliability Engineer for Interiors and Seats with a strong background in Materials Science to join our reliability team. In this role, you will play a key role in designing reliability into our vehicle interior structures and seats. As a successful candidate, you will follow the reliability lifecycle of these products from concept to design, development, manufacturing, and field operation to design-in, confirm and grow exceptional reliability at every stage.   

This role is highly engaging, and you will also be exposed to our complete vehicle portfolio. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to understand emerging designs and architectures. You will be responsible for identifying risks associated with these architectures. You will identify appropriate stresses that our products must pass and create test plans, which will be used to assess the reliability of our products. You will provide reliability analyses and suggestions to improve the reliability of our products.  

You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world, and you must be self-motivated with the desire to push boundaries. If you have a strong technical first-principles understanding, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine fascination for engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge technology of Tesla’s products and shape the future. It comes natural to you to deliver results under high pressure with tight schedules. 

The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview. 

What You’ll Do

Apply solid knowledge of reliability methods, material properties, and failure/degradation mechanisms to design accelerated test plans for design validation and demonstration of reliability growth 

Analyze field usage and environmental conditions to optimize requirement setting and test methods 

Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess product risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices 

Work with manufacturing quality, service engineering, supplier quality and design teams to identify root causes and drive resolution for failures originating in testing and in the field 

Generate process validation test plans to implement at suppliers, and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers to resolve production process issues 

Provide reliability design guidelines and apply reliability lessons learned to enable continuous improvement 

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s Degree in Materials Science or equivalent experience

2+ years of experience working in a reliability engineering role or on mechanical systems related to automotive applications 

Solid knowledge of material properties and failure/degradation mechanisms for polymers, fabrics, foams 

Knowledge of plastic part design and manufacturing processes 

Understanding of Highly Accelerated testing methods and governing equations for different types of acceleration models 

Experience with developing reliability guidelines and inventing novel ways of reliability testing 

Working knowledge of reliability statistics including Weibull analysis, and experience with statistical software such as JMP, Minitab, etc. 

Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX 

Self-driven and focused individual with a proven ability to manage parallel tasks effectively, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment  

Proven ability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive in tough circumstances

Fremont, California

Full time