Project Engineer, Cell Manufacturing

What to Expect

Tesla’s Cell Manufacturing Engineering group is looking for a highly motivated Project Engineer to lead equipment design, installation and commissioning projects from concept to execution. The role requires a highly organized individual that can take complex, ambiguous requirements into reality to build high-speed manufacturing equipment and factories.

As a Project Engineer, you will join a cross-functional project engineering team responsible for the technical deliverables, schedule, budget, work packages, interface management, project risk mitigation, equipment design and contractor scopes for all aspects of engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning.

What You'll Do

• This role will develop, scale-up and optimize battery manufacturing equipment, focused heavily on Powder Mixing equipment at multiple sites
• Responsible for leading the full design and engineering of Tesla equipment and factory design from concept to production launch
• Responsible for defining and leading engineering discipline scopes for internal and external engineering teams, including mechanical, pneumatics, automation, electrical, structural, civil, etc.
• Develops and interfaces with internal and external engineering teams, managing 3rd party vendor contracts and budgets
• Responsible for defining, creating, and/or managing engineering deliverables for multiple engineering disciplines (layout drawings, technical specifications, risk assessments, P&IDs, PFDs, One-line diagrams, etc.)
• Leads design reviews and manages cross-functional action items through to completion
• Responsible for field execution and manages resources at the site of the projects

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams within Architectural/Engineering firms or design-build firms
• Experience leading engineering teams for large brown-field and green-field manufacturing projects with EPCs firms or in-house design teams
• Full understanding of all engineering disciplines and ability to demonstrate skills to manage engineering resources
• Proven record in delivery of IFB, IFP, and IFC packages
• Experience designing manufacturing processes or equipment in healthcare, laboratory, mission critical, and site infrastructure development project types
• Excellent communication skills with ability to understand complex topics/problems and distill the message clearly
• Pre-Construction Project Management experience
• Auto-CAD, Solidworks, Inventor experience
• Revit or Bluebeam 2D drawings experience is a plus

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 / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.