Process Design Engineer, Recycling & Battery Materials

What to Expect

Tesla's Materials Engineering group is looking for a highly motivated Process Engineer to work on a critical challenge facing the world's energy transition - Battery Recycling, metals and materials engineering.

As a process engineer in our metals and materials group, you will lead the development and deployment of new-to-the world chemical production processes and equipment. A successful team member will lead projects starting from the concept through design, install, integration, ramp, and handover to operations teams.

What You'll Do

* Operate pilot plants

* Oversee and deploy demonstration scale facilities through the whole project lifecycle including: concept, basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and operation

* Support commercial scale design

* Develop operating procedures, safety protocols, and maintenance plans for large-scale chemical process equipment

* Support operations teams with achieving productivity and material quality targets on pilot and commercial scale systems

* Interface with equipment suppliers through concept development, system design, detailed design, procurement, installation, and acceptance testing

* Work closely with battery materials R&D team for the introduction of novel materials and new process methods at commercial scale

* Receive and evaluate a problem statement, brainstorm and down select solutions ensuring priority metrics (time, quality and cost) are maintained, get stakeholder buy-in, design & purchase equipment, create install instructions and lead commissioning

* Lead Design for a section of large capital scope (>$5MM). Develop design with cross functional team (P&, M&EB, Line/Equipment Sizing, modelling), drive consensus followed by FRQ submissions & following project through FAT of equipment, install and commissioning. Developing and maintaining process flow diagrams, process design criteria, stream tables, and piping & instrumentation diagrams

What You'll Bring

* Evidence of exceptional ability, including understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage this understanding to solve challenging problems

* Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Ceramics Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience

* Experience with either powder handling, hydrometallurgy, or chemical processing

* Liquid/Gas Fluid Calculations, Heat Transfer, Thermal equipment (Dryers or Kilns), Powder Mixing & Conveying, Powder loading and dosing, Solid-liquid separation equipment, Reactors, Evaporators, crystallizers

* 1-5 years in a process design experience using the skills listed above

* Participation in engineering projects from concept development to commissioning

* Experience in brownfield projects in existing plants

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Process Design Engineer, Recycling & Battery Materials

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