Manufacturing Engineer, Automation

Description:
The Cell Manufacturing Engineering team at Tesla is looking for a highly motivated Manufacturing Equipment Engineer to contribute to the development and design of battery cell manufacturing equipment.
Battery cells are one of the most complex and challenging components designed and manufactured at Tesla. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Tesla’s world-class manufacturing facilities.  Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work on designing and developing a new generation of leading edge, high speed, ultra-high scale automated manufacturing equipment.
In addition to developing and sourcing automated manufacturing equipment, the Manufacturing Equipment Engineer works with cross-functional teams to test, validate, and roll-out equipment to production.

Responsibilities:
Take equipment from a rough concept to full production
Manage equipment suppliers or internal design teams through development and deployment milestones -RFQ, PO release, FDR, FAT, SAT, SOP
Develop line layouts, station requirements (work content, automated versus manual, buffering strategy, redundancy requirements, etc.) and equipment timing charts
Develop material flow strategy within factory and identify utilities needed and utility distribution strategy (PDPs, compressed air, process water, etc.)
Complete failure mode and analysis (FMEA) on different stages of manufacturing equipment
Oversee equipment installation and coordinate with building and utilities team
Provide all necessary documentation, including manufacturing instructions, spare parts lists, maintenance plans, electrical drawings, and related materials, train relevant team members on equipment usage, hand over the equipment to the sustaining production team

Requirements:
Degree or Equivalent Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering
5+ years of related experience developing and launching new manufacturing equipment
Experience with large manufacturing lines implementation
Experience with industrial engineering concepts—such as line balancing and timing charts
Good mechanical aptitude and understanding of tolerance stack up
Understanding of manufacturing equipment safety systems (Safety PLCs, safety category requirements, robot safety, safety guarding, light curtains, LOTO, etc.)
Strong familiarity with structured problem-solving methodologies such as DMAIC, 5 Whys, Fishbone, and 8D
Experience with developing layouts in AutoCAD and support of designing mechanical equipment, fixturing, and tooling in CAD (SolidWorks preferred)
Experience with PCBA electronic design and firmware/software development. Additionally, familiarity of PLC controls (Allen Bradley, Siemens, and/or Beckhoff)
Ability to develop firmware/software specification for User Interface systems

Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
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