What To Expect

We seek a highly motivated hands-on engineer for a position in the Manufacturing Test Engineering group, a team focused on creating robust, beautiful, data-centric production testing equipment for Tesla’s products. This team concentrates on mechanical design of dense and reliable capital equipment for our production lines around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the “machine that builds the machine”.

The ideal candidates take pride in their hands-on engineering work, analytical ability, organizational skills, and attention to detail. They appreciate an environment where superior work is encouraged, noticed, and rewarded. The candidate looks forward to learning an incredible amount on the job.

What You'll Do

• Design high-level and detailed-level automation equipment in CAD
• Perform solid mechanics, heat and mass, and fluid mechanics calculations; verify validity of designs and calculations using Thermal and Structural FEA, GD&T, tolerance stack-up analyses, material selection
• Understand design for manufacturing and assembly concepts for designing testers
• Layout pneumatic schematics using AutoCAD Electrical
• Participate in initial equipment conceptual development and carefully balance product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and lead-time limits
• Establish clear, concise test plans, and control test plan execution with the focus on test time reduction and simplicity to promptly release equipment
• Host, and actively contribute to design review meetings
• Interact with various design, manufacturing, sustaining, and firmware teams throughout project
• Support build, debug, validate, and fine-tune equipment for release to production
• Establish great working relationships with vendors and managing their deliverables
• Perform on-site and off-site acceptance testing (SAT/FAT) of test equipment

What You'll Bring

• Versed in SolidWorks, or similar 3D CAD software; basics with AutoCAD is a plus
• Fundamental understanding of pneumatics or hydraulics
• Knowledge of various part fabrication techniques (machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, etching, injection molding, 3D printing, hydroforming)
• Preference for candidates with a portfolio showcasing various professional and personal design projects
• Experience transitioning products and processes from prototype to production desired

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