Cell Reliability Engineer, Cell Quality & Reliability - Fremont [275538]

$109,600 - $164,400 yearly

Job Description

The Cell Quality team is a small team within the R&D organization responsible for incoming, production and field reliability.  The group projects focus on mass production Li-ion cells for all programs, including Model S, X, 3, and Energy Products.

The position is to support daily quality activities and process risk assessment, production quality inspection standards and reliability projections focusing on Energy Products. Candidate is expected to lead or support quality focused multidisciplinary cell-related projects, typically involving R&D, Design or Production organization. Must demonstrate the ability to effectively interface with employees throughout the company ranging from production associates to executives within Tesla and with suppliers. The engineer must be extremely organized, detail orientated, with strong ability to prioritize and multitask, successfully collaborate on projects with a range of business objectives. This person must exhibit the knowledge, leadership, and drive needed to not only challenge the status quo, but also define and execute the optimal path forward.

The Role

  • Perform risk assessment with process engineers for proper documentation of control plan, pfmea/dfmea, ppap, IQC/OQC metrics along with supporting key production metrics to achieve yield, OEE.
  • Provide support to cell quality lab on field return cases and necessary reliability tests for validation.
  • Assist with warranty risk quantification for all energy products for all cell programs.
  • Develop quality inspection tools to support day-to-day production activities including sampling frequency for defect rates and necessary test criteria to prevent containment/scrap.
  • Analyze Field Reliability/Quality data for cell related failures and failure modes to predict expected failure rates, affected populations, verify effectiveness of the corrective actions at Tesla and at suppliers.
Anthony Antonucci

Qualifications

Relevant experience in Engineering & Information Technology; strong problem-solving skills; commitment to Tesla mission.

Immediate Fill

No