Manufacturing Engineer, Electrode Mixing

What to Expect Tesla's Cell Engineering group is looking for a highly motivated engineer to lead design and development of mixing equipment integral to Tesla's dry battery process. This individual should be experienced with rotating equipment and ideally mixing equipment. This hire will join a cross-functional engineering team responsible for the development lifecycle and launch to manufacturing of in cell mixing. You will be the key interface to our operations and maintenance teams at all sites globally as a mixing equipment expert.

What You'll Do This role will invent, develop, scale up and optimize battery manufacturing equipment, focused heavily on anode and cathode mixers. In addition, this individual will help to integrate this equipment into our overall anode and cathode processes

Thoroughly learn and understand existing processes and equipment to address ongoing technical challenges and identify step-change improvement opportunities, including blank-slate concepts

Support design, development, and implementation of equipment modifications, improvements, and next generation tools from proof of concept through to full scale production to enable improved battery performance and/or cost

Validate and characterize performance of newly implemented designs to establish controls for critical parameters and improve process robustness

Execute DoEs to optimize process conditions

Lead mixing vendor development projects

Employ computational modeling (e.g., FEA or CFD) to guide designs and predict outcomes and use data analysis tools to interpret and present validation data

Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to help fabricate and test quick turnaround prototypes

Drive equipment commissioning on new production lines

Perform PFMEA risk assessments to prioritize equipment and process improvement projects

What You'll Bring Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience

2+ years of mechanical equipment design required; experience with rotating equipment (motors, bears, seals, etc.) is strongly preferred

The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join a highly motivated and capable team to make unbelievable things become reality

Preferred advanced-level 3D CAD design experience

Proven strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them to equipment design and process development for high volume manufacturing

Proven hands-on experience with prototyping and custom fabrication using CNC, lathe, mill, 3D printing, waterjet, etc.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Ability to perform basic FEA for design validation

Structured thinking and problem-solving abilities

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D

Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.