Manufacturing Engineer, Battery Manufacturing

The Manufacturing Engineer role at Tesla involves contributing to the development and launch of manufacturing equipment for battery products, overseeing projects from concept to full-scale production.

• Ideate concepts for equipment and manufacturing systems
• Develop specifications and manage the RFQ process
• Lead and manage vendors, coordinating project scope across teams
• Validate and optimize processes from prototype builds to production
• Transition products from low-volume prototypes to large-scale production
• Act as lead manufacturing engineer or project manager on new automated equipment
• Travel domestically and internationally as required

• 3+ years of engineering or relevant experience
• Experience in developing and implementing manufacturing processes in high-volume production
• Familiarity with deploying and validating new processes in automated environments
• Proficiency in geometric dimensioning & tolerancing (GD&T) and experimental design
• Experience in developing and launching automated manufacturing lines
• Understanding of industrial engineering concepts like line balancing and OEE
• Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Physics, Materials, or equivalent experience