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Tesla Quality Engineer Lithium Refinery United States, Texas 626322108
23.06.2024
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- Work collaboratively with Plant Operation, Product Design, Manufacturing Engineering, EPC, Safety, Production, Maintenance, and other cross-functional teams as the Lithium Quality expert to ensure production lines are designed and operated to produce high-quality, high-performance battery material
- Demonstrate strong sense of safety in all quality activities and drive the safety culture throughout the team
- Define and establish incoming quality control tasks to ensure manufacturing capability and product reliability, manage non-conforming material process flows and evaluate suspect materials while working closely with internal and external teams to quickly identify and resolve any material-related issues
- Work with the Quality, Production and relevant cross-functional teams for new lithium plant commissioning, scale up and product qualifications, and lead the identification, root cause analysis, and resolution of lithium materials related manufacturing quality issues
- Monitor and report the First Pass Quality (FPQ) and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) to the stakeholders on a routine basis, and plan and participate in audits of Tesla and supplier manufacturing lines to ensure all processes follow the plan of record
- Establish quality management system for document control, sample management, record retention and management of change (MOC) implementation
- Drive cross-functional projects with manufacturing, supply chain, production quality, and research teams to test existing and determine new product specifications
- Collaborate with suppliers to initiate and implement Process Change Requests (PCRs) to improve manufacturability and field performance
- Lead PFMEA and QCP activities to ensure design and manufacturing issues are identified and risks mitigated
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing quality cathode material
- Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related fields
- 5+ years relevant experience in a Quality Engineering capacity particularly in a chemical plant
- Experience commissioning new equipment and new processes into a production environment
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing quality
- Project management experience
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Experience creating various reports and database tools for management
- Ability to use technological tools and business system applications to manage, synthesize and interpret data
- Experience working with domestic/international vendors on technical projects
- Structured problems solving methodologies (DMAIC, 8D, etc.)
- Desirable Experience includes programming (SQL, Python, MATLAB, R, etc.), data analysis and visualization software (Tableau, JMP, Minitab, etc.), design software (Adobe Creative Suite, CATIA SOLIDWORKS), and green Belt (Black Belt a plus)
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