Work as key link between cross functional teams to develop requirements and provide solutions for inline vision inspection systems
Drive ramp of exciting new products by characterizing baseline vision performance and capability and improve performance as measured by product quality and tool availability
Ensure manufacturing lines meet uptime, availability, and reliability metrics – OEE, cycle time and quality, and have the sense of urgency on resolution of production issues
Develop best practices to improve vision system reliability
Vision software and algorithm development and data analysis using programming languages such as C++, C#, Python or HALCON vision library
Commissioning and calibrating vision systems and MES system integration
Organize cross-functional design reviews and highlight body of work
Collaboration with downstream and upstream process teams and quality team on vision system validation, data correlation, and analysis
Build request for quotation and manage vendor proposals
Provide direction and mentorship to third party vendors and Tesla Internal machine building teams
What You’ll Bring
Degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
5+ years of experience with machine vision systems
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development
Knowledge in selection of cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and other hardware for image capture and processing
Knowledge of camera calibration (e.g., pinhole camera model, lens distortion, MTF of imaging system, gain and exposure setting, etc.)
Strong analytical, mathematical, and statistical background and ability to understand and explain theory behind vision algorithms
Experience of image processing (e.g., image enhancement, thresholding, morphology, feature extraction, etc.) is highly desired
Experience with machine learning applications and image classification by deep learning is highly desired
Experience in high volume manufacturing is highly desired