Industrial Engineer, Energy

Description:
Tesla is currently seeking a motivated and accomplished Industrial Engineer who will be the owner of Industrial Engineering initiatives for Energy products manufacturing operations. This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the world-class manufacturing facility in Buffalo, New York, working in a demanding and fast-paced environment to improve critical subsystems of an exciting product. The team is responsible for sustaining, ramping, and improving business critical new product lines through collaboration with Production, Manufacturing Process Engineering and Development, Material Flow Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction and Facilities teams. Innovation and grit are expected. Through a detailed understanding of sales and demand planning objectives and extensive collaboration with internal and external teams developing individual components, this teams ensures that the overall operational excellence and achieves all of Tesla’s objectives.

Responsibilities:
Manage capacity planning standards for all energy product manufacturing lines

Create operating plans for all production lines, including labor requirements, break strategies, and shift schedules

Conduct options analysis for existing line optimization and new line installations and estimate resource requirements for factory footprint expansion projects

Work with internal operations and management teams to define scenarios for growth and formulate improvement strategies to help with product ramp

Perform capacity studies and static sensitivity analyses to identify factors impacting line throughput (OEE, Headcount, number of material handling equipment) and make recommendations for improvement

Perform discrete event simulation modeling and statistical modeling to influence key business decisions

Management and development of factory staffing models used to develop site level staffing plans

Lead continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Kaizen and 5S methodologies

Design assembly line, support space, and amenity area layouts using quantitative and qualitative evaluation techniques to facilitate smooth operations and optimize cost/sqft

Lead projects to efficiently allocate space inside and outside the factory to support value-added and support team operations

Requirements:
4+ years’ experience in Industrial Engineering or equivalent relevant experience

Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience

Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive projects with diverse teams in a manufacturing environment

Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines

Extensive experience with Excel Macros (VBA a plus)

Experience with automated/semi-automated manufacturing lines and robotics is a plus

Distinguishing experiences/skills: 2D CAD, Revit, lean manufacturing, work measurement, analytics (SQL, Tableau), discrete event simulation (FlexSIM), operations research, lean manufacturing, scale manufacturing experience, MOST, Modapts

Ability to self-manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines

Exemplary verbal and written communication skills

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

Expected Compensation
Associate Industrial Engineer - $72,000 - $108,000/annual salary
Industrial Engineer - $86,400 - $129,600/annual salary

• cash and stock awards + benefits for all levelsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.