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Tesla Hiring Battery Engineers In North Carolina & Semi Truck Engineers In Nevada
January 1st, 2021 by Zachary Shahan
Job openings are not product roadmaps, but they can hint at them. Some recent Tesla job openings imply that Tesla may be preparing for battery production plans in North Carolina and Semi production plans in Nevada. We have some other clues on those matters, too.
https://www.tesla.com/careers/search/job/manufacturing-project-engineer-cell-production-79604
The Role:
The Cell Manufacturing Engineering team at Tesla is looking for a highly-motivated Manufacturing Engineer to contribute to manufacturing equipment and processes for our cutting-edge Tesla Energy Batteries. The Battery is 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 a critical subsystem of an incredibly exciting product. In addition to developing manufacturing equipment, the Manufacturing Engineer works with cross-functional teams to test, validate, and roll-out equipment to production. The ideal candidate takes pride in his/her hands-on work, analytical ability, organizational skills and attention to detail. He/She appreciates an environment where superior work is encouraged, noticed and rewarded and where individuals carry tremendous responsibility. He/She looks forward to learning an incredible amount on the job.
Responsibilities:
Drive ramp of exciting new line by characterizing baseline performance and capability of each system and drive actions to maintain or improve performance as measured by product quality and tool availability.
Development of the manufacturing process to use the equipment and ensure that all equipment, processes and methodologies comply with applicable standards, company policy and all Health and Safety Laws, Acts, Regulations and Codes.
Generate and maintain documentation including machine and process specification, drawing, BOM, spare part, PFMEA, control plan, process flow chart
Develop manufacturing metrics and key performance indices and implement metrology to measure all critical quality and safety related process items and capture in data base system
Design layout of the production workstations for product flow, ergonomics, and efficiency.
Electrical and pneumatic component selection and schematic drafting – AutoCAD electrical preferred
Generate machine qualification checklist and manage to install, commission and start-up equipment balancing speed and safety.
Create manufacturing introduction and deliver training to operations and maintenance technicians to ensure and seamless handover of new equipment.
Support to schedule production, maintenance and schedule to enhance throughput, efficiency and safety
Maintain tool and spare part BOMs and ensure proper part