Equipment Maintenance Technician, North Paint – Fremont, California

Tesla

What to Expect

As a Tesla Maintenance Technician, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the operational availability of a wide array of manufacturing equipment. You will apply your technical skills to install, maintain and repair mechanical and electrical systems, factory automation and robotics. You will work with the highest caliber process and equipment engineering teams to improve equipment reliability and minimize or eliminate downtime. Tesla’s Equipment  Maintenance is also the first-responding problem solvers who manage machine breakdown recoveries to keep production running. This is a physically demanding job working in tight spaces, requiring walking and standing all day, as well as, bending, squatting, kneeling, climbing ladders and lying on the ground intermittently throughout the day. In addition, the technician may wear a fall protection harness while working from heights or from a suspended position. Maintenance Technicians will lift up to 50 lbs. and utilize other hand tools and power tools as needed.

What You’ll Do
Perform Preventative Maintenance on all industrial production and mechatronics equipment
Perform repairs on production-down equipment
Operate and repair every cell on a Line, while performing Corrective Maintenance (repairs) on more than one of these types of equipment
Electrical systems ranging from 24 VDC to 480 VAC 3 phase 
Mechanical systems 
Conveyor Systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, PLC, networks and robotics  Order parts, supplies, and equipment from catalogs and suppliers, or obtain them from storerooms
What You’ll Bring
Three (3) or more years of experience working in a maintenance capacity on production manufacturing equipment and/or have equivalent training or relevant education 
Ability to read and interpret basic assembly instructions 
Good mechanical and electrical knowledge (understand typical mechanisms and wiring associated with equipment) 
Math skills (able to read and use measuring equipment) Basic skill with volt meter to check AC/DC voltage, read continuity checks and expected known voltages 
Basic knowledge of pneumatic system operations
Ability to work off-shifts, as needed 
Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal

Physical Demands

Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time, up to 12 hours a day 
Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours/day, including over varied and uneven terrain
Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35 lbs., including the ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down stairs 
Frequently and repetitively, bend, lift and reach to install parts 
Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours/day
Climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding or other high structures 
Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, and hearing 
Wearing Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to: safety glasses, safety shoes, clean coveralls in cleanroom and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines

Fremont, California

Full time

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