Quality Engineer, NVH & EOL Tests

Austin, Texas, United States

Description

What to Expect

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for all incoming, in-process, and outgoing quality for Drive Unit and overall Vehicle NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness). You will be exposed to the manufacturing and testing processes of the drive system assembly and vehicle assembly, which will include drive tests to analyze and investigate the source of the noise. This role requires broad technical background with the ability to work with engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and out.

What You’ll Do

  • Develop and implement manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to ensure products meet customer expectations
  • Define and establish critical requirements to ensure supplier, engineering, and production alignment on critical quality needs
  • Lead development of FMEAs (Design & Process), control plans, and test/inspection procedures to identify and eliminate critical risks associated with product and process
  • Participate in design reviews to ensure product subsystem quality, manufacturability, reliability, etc.
  • Investigate the effects of part and process variability on system performance through statistical tolerancing, Monte Carlo analysis and other methods
  • Support capability analyses for both production and supplier processes to measure ability to meet specifications and quality standards
  • Design effective experiments through DOE or other methods to support design investigation and validation testing
  • Support root cause analysis through use of lean methodologies, brainstorming, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, DMAIC, 8D, etc.
  • Lead the containment and dispositioning of product escapes to ensure no impact to the downstream customer
  • Manage and facilitate problem-solving activities for quality risks including implementation and verification of corrective actions. Lead quality validation of new products and processes through risk assessment, planning, and execution

What You’ll Bring

  • Experience with CAN-based fault diagnosis, automated diagnostic self-tests, NVH testing and/or power electronics is preferred

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering or or equivalent experience

  • Working knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
  • Strong understanding of Geometric Design and Tolerancing (GD&T) and experience with measurement and inspection techniques
  • Demonstrated success in applying problem solving and statistical methods
  • Data mining and analysis software including MySQL, Python, JMP, Minitab, Matlab, etc.
  • Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills
  • Detail-oriented, with ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines
  • Valid driver’s license and ability to test drive vehicle 

Compensation and Benefits

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

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor, including veteran status and disability status, protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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Company

Tesla

Overview

Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. With global temperatures rising, the faster we free ourselves from fossil fuel reliance and achieve a zero-emission future, the better. 

In pursuit of this mission, we make electric vehicles that are not just great EVs, but the best cars, period. We also produce and install infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products that help our customers further decrease their environmental impact. When it comes to achieving our goals, we pride ourselves in accomplishing what others deem impossible.

We are opening new factories and increasing our output everyday – join us in building a sustainable future.

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