Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, Battery Joining Development

What to Expect

Tesla is looking to hire a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to contribute to the development of structural joining, bonding and forming processes for our cutting‑edge battery products. This position will drive technological advancement and the industrialization of novel manufacturing approaches for our cutting‑edge Battery products while leading a high‑performing team. Battery development is at the heart of our company, and this is an exciting opportunity to work directly on the central challenges with electric vehicles – battery cost and performance.

Tesla is a demanding and fast‑paced environment where you will work with a highly motivated team on extremely challenging projects.

• Lead a Manufacturing Engineering team specializing in structural process and technology development, overseeing team delivery and continuous domain support
• Evaluate candidate structural manufacturing strategies for new battery products
• Perform proof‑of‑concept to green light novel methods, technologies, and suppliers
• Guide cross‑functional selection of optimal process strategies and product interface definitions
• Rigorous process and equipment development to achieve capability, performance, and quality targets
• Process optimization and validation of each application through initial builds. Support release to production
• Establish standards and support downstream factory process launch and improvement projects