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Tesla Cell Coating Engineer Manufacturing Engineering United States, Nevada, Sparks 397267978
13.08.2024
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What You’ll DoWhat You’ll Bring
- Drive design, development, commissioning, and ramp of manufacturing equipment including but not limited to rotogravure, coating, calendaring, extrusion or similar wet powder deposition processes used in cell electrode manufacturing and qualify them using statistically valid data sets and workflow
- Work collaboratively as the equipment expert to ensure production lines run in a safe, efficient manner producing high quality parts
- Become owner / subject matter expert to drive equipment-related process improvement including detailed troubleshooting and root cause analysis
- Drive manufacturing ramp by characterizing baseline and improving performance of equipment with wet powder deposition systems; ensure manufacturing lines meet OEE goals
- Troubleshoot and recover processes using PLC, HMI, or tool management software, and implement changes/improvements
- Build training material, maintenance routines, and related documentation for equipment life cycle management
- Develop equipment specifications, process flow and P&ID diagrams
- Provide direction and mentorship to third party machine/automation suppliers and/or Tesla internal machine building team; participate in supplier/internal equipment FAT and SAT
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or another engineering discipline, 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a high volume manufacturing environment, or equivalent experience
- Experience in equipment using wet powder deposition systems including gain/loss in weight hoppers, mixers, material conveyance. Strong hands-on experience with pilot and high-volume manufacturing including practical knowledge of rheology, selection of related hardware and software
- Demonstrated experience solving complex electromechanical and software system issues with limited documentation to debug, build process know-how, and kick off improvement projects
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development
- Structured thinking and problem solving abilities. Proven through a number of root cause analysis following a data driven approach, statistical software (JMP) a plus
- 3D CAD design experience in production equipment, creating/validating layouts, tooling drawings, pneumatic and electrical schematics. Experience with PLC programming a plus
- Availability for travel domestic/international as required; knowledge and understanding of Battery Cell technology a plus
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