Manufacturing Engineer, Factory Design & Material Flow Engineering

What to Expect

Tesla Motors is a quickly growing, innovative company based in Austin, TX. We design and manufacture the advanced electric vehicles that are changing the future of transportation and the advanced stationary battery packs that are changing the energy industry. We are building technically strong, fast-moving teams that pride themselves on superior execution. Tesla is looking for a highly-motivated engineer to contribute to implementing Manufacturing Engineering and lean principles to the manufacturing process of our cutting-edge EV Products at Gigafactory Texas in Austin, Texas.

Through a detailed understanding of the factory objectives and extensive collaboration with internal and external teams, you will help improve processes to increase overall efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Tesla's world class manufacturing facility in Texas. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work on a critical subsystem of an incredibly exciting product.

• Work with manufacturing engineering and production teams to identify production constraints
• Collaborate with production engineering teams to determine overall equipment effectiveness and associated improvement strategies
• Perform value-stream analysis through the use of simulations
• Work with the external teams designing production lines for the factory to ensure that their layouts align with the overall plan and vision for the factory
• Support decision making on process layout through the use of data

• Experience performing detailed analysis necessary to make data driven decisions on process layout design, production line design or warehouse design
• Familiar with Discrete Event Simulation software like Flexsim and Any Logic
• Able to gain buy-in from a diverse group of stakeholders
• Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with MOS/MES systems is a plus
• Mastery of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio
• Degree in Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment

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