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What to Expect
The Cell Quality and Field Reliability team is the mass production facing
portion of the Cell Engineering team within the R&D organization. The team
leads mass production cell projects that impact cell performance, Tesla
battery manufacturability, and product reliability. The group supports
development of new mass production cell candidates by guiding design
specifications and collaborating on cell material and process development
projects.
The Gigafactory Cell Quality and Field Reliability team is seeking a
reliability engineer to lead failure analysis of Li-ion cell related field
returns, root cause analysis initiatives with vendors, identifying
corrective/preventative actions, evaluating field exposure, and driving the
optimal path forward across disciplines between Tesla and vendors.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to effectively interface
across disciplines on both technical and strategic concepts internally and
with suppliers. Strong interdisciplinary engineering fundamentals,
organization, time management, and communication are necessary to excel in
this role.
What You'll Do
Collaborate with service engineering and remanufacturing teams to identify
cell related field issues and battery level failure analysis procedures
Lead the failure analysis and root cause analysis for cell related field
returns
Identify, implement, and verify effectiveness of corrective and
preventative actions with suppliers
Evaluate field exposure for cell failure modes and drive to closure with
Tesla and vendors
Support FMEA activities to ensure design and manufacturing issues are
identified and risks are mitigated
Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) feedback to cross functional
disciplines
What You'll Bring
B.S./M.S. Engineering/Material Science degree
1-3+ years of professional experience
Experience with high volume manufacturing and/or Li-ion cell technology
Demonstrated organizing of large projects across various disciplines
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate
with technical and non-technical team members is essential
Strong desire to learn and use advanced characterization and analysis
techniques in Li-ion cell and battery pack manufacturing processes
Detail-oriented with exceptional documentation, organization, and
interpersonal skills
Ability to use tools to produce, manage, and interpret data
Desirable Experience
Programming (SQL, Python, MATLAB etc.)
Data analysis and visualization software (Tableau, JMP, Minitab, etc.)
Familiarity with characterization techniques (Thermal, Mechanical,
Chemical, etc.)
CAM/CAD software (CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, etc.)
