Tesla is seeking a skilled Industrial Engineer with hands-on experience in manufacturing environments focused on castings, trimming, CNC machining, and related processes to lead engineering initiatives for operations at the Lathrop site. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, working as part of a strong, agile team to tackle ambitious projects. They take pride in their analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to think systemically about complex problems. The role requires strong logic, computation, and the ability to drive data-based decisions.

The team is responsible for sustaining, ramping, and improving critical new product lines through collaboration with production, engineering, supply chain, and facilities teams, ensuring operational excellence and meeting Tesla’s objectives.

• Identify, quantify, compare, and execute production process improvements to drive safety and ergonomics, quality (first pass yield), availability (uptime), performance (cycle time variability), capital utilization, and demand attainment
• Use predetermined time standard methods to analyze and optimize current and future planned assembly processes
• Create and implement tools to audit efficiency and identify cost reduction opportunities
• Create, benchmark, and maintain headcount plans
• Calculate, propose, and implement new methods and processes for existing production systems
• Educate and engage cross-functional teams in importance of continuous improvement
• Manage and communicate improvement opportunities and implementation plans to all relevant levels and functions in the factory

• 2+ years of industrial, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering experience
• Experience as an Industrial Engineer in a manufacturing shop environment, specifically with castings (e.g., die casting, sand casting), trimming processes, CNC machining, and similar operations (e.g., milling, turning, grinding) is preferred
• Experience with industry-standard problem-solving methodologies (A3, ATS, UPS), preventive and autonomous maintenance concepts, time/motion study analysis (MODAPTS preferred), continuous improvement (6 sigma techniques, lean manufacturing), and change management 
• Experience with any/all of the following: simulation modeling software (FlexSim preferred), data visualization software (Tableau, Splunk), design software (SolidWorks, CATIA), programming languages (SQL, Python, MATLAB, VBA) 

• Outstanding critical thinking and communication skills, with a high level of emotional intelligence, autonomy, and servant leadership

• Industrial cost control/reporting/analysis experience in high volume manufacturing environments 

• Innate ability to understand new processes and systems quickly, with high attention to detail 

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