Quality Engineer, Drive Unit

What To Expect
The Quality Engineer will be responsible for providing on time support to our internal or external customers to develop and sustain the quality of Drive Unit manufacturing for Model 3 and Y programs. You will assess risks, engineer the necessary quality controls (including the incoming components) and prevention methods to achieve production targets and ultimately deliver a safe and reliable product to enable Tesla’s mission to accelerate the word towards sustainable energy. A successful candidate must be a professional problem solver, data driven, with quality and customer mindset, and have the personal drive and stamina for relentless, continual improvement.

What You'll Do

The successful candidate for this position must have a broad technical background with the ability to work with engineering, manufacturing, service and suppliers across a wide variety of issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and outside

Development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to assure products will meet expectations of our target customers

Deployment of manufacturing level requirements to subsystems, assemblies & components to assure clear focus on design and customer needs

Identification of critical requirements to assure proper supplier and production focus on critical needs

Leading development of FMEAs (Design & Process) for development teams to identify and address critical risks

Support development of manufacturing equipment, controls and test plans to address risks identified in FMEA. Participate in design reviews to assure product subsystem quality, manufacturability, reliability, etc.

Assist development with statistical tolerancing, Monte Carlo analysis and other methods to investigate the effects of part and process variability on system performance

Support process capability analyses to investigate the ability of suppliers and production processes to meet defined specifications and quality standards

Design effective experiments through DOE or other methods to support design teams in investigation of various alternatives or in design validation testing

Manage and facilitate the root cause & corrective actions system through tracking and validation of issues and support in root cause analysis through facilitating brainstorming, use of lean methodologies, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, etc.

What You'll Bring

Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience

Six Sigma certification is preferred

Specific training and demonstrated success in applying design for quality and problem-solving methodologies, FMEA, process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, etc.

Strong background and demonstrated success applying statistical methods

Minitab, JMP or other statistical software capabilities are preferred

Data mining and database (e.g. MySQL) experience

Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills

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

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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

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