Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Resins and Battery Recycling (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-[...]

What To Expect

Tesla’s Supplier Industrialization team manages raw material supplier development and qualification activities and provides technical leadership in recycling and value recovery processes. This position involves excellence in communicating with internal and external teams, auditing suppliers’ operations and processes in different regions, and making critical on-the-spot decisions. Tesla is a dynamic environment where flexibility and adaptability are key attributes needed for success. A successful candidate will be a self-starter and quick learner. This role specifically narrows in on the technical supplier development of resin materials and recycling used to create parts across automotive and energy products as well as the material disposal and value recovery of traction batteries.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Supplier Industrialization activities from R&D phase to mass production including product development, qualification, quality control and initiate New Product Introduction.
• Scout Innovation for Quality and Cost optimization from the supply base and support Design for Manufacturing feedback into Engineering teams.
• Facilitate communication and clarification of technical requirements between Suppliers and Tesla Purchasing, Quality, and Engineering teams.
• Accountable for supplier audits to ensure their ability to meet material performance, delivery, and reliability expectations.
• Accountable for leading, tracking and improving supplier manufacturing process development and launch readiness for new products and design changes.
• Validate supplier corrective actions involving design and/or process changes to ensure they are robust, sustainable, and implemented for similar potential concerns across manufacturing lines and/or suppliers.
• Support the supply chain scope at a global level, driving steps forward and continuous improvement on the technical and cost reduction level.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science or Materials Engineering with specialization in Polymers or evidence of experience and exceptional ability.
• Knowledge of most used automotive chemicals and resins and their use in automotive industry processes: raw material processing (polymerization, compounding, additive selection), and downstream processes (injection molding, sheet molding compounding, battery recycling – wet shredding, black mass recovery).
• Experience in Supplier Industrialization, Customer Quality, and Product or Application Development at Raw Material producers or qualified automotive supplier.
• Proven leadership and project management skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and direct suppliers at management level, build strong cross‑functional teams, and thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Knowledge of PPAP/APQP processes and automotive technical knowledge. Experience of statistical analysis, visual quality assessment and extended problem‑solving impact capabilities.
• Ability to investigate failure modes and impact of material properties as well as processing parameters on the final product.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Domestic and international travel (expected 50% of the time), sometimes on short notice.
• Candidates are expected to uphold and actively promote sustainability principles in their daily work, operating in line with Tesla Global Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) Policy and EMAS requirements, fostering a culture of continuous environmental improvement.