Associate Quality Engineering Manager, Powerwall

Associate Quality Engineering Manager, Powerwall | Tesla

Location: Sparks, Nevada | Req ID: 276166 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla Energy in Sparks, NV is looking for an experienced Quality Leader for it's site. In this role, you will lead a world class quality team to support the manufacturing of high-quality residential and solar products to drive the mission to accelerate the world’s transition towards sustainable energy.

This is a dynamic position where you work with several engineering groups, supply chain, production, commissioning, and service teams to proactively develop products and processes to be built right first time, and continuously improve them to meet customer expectations and profitability goals.

The successful candidate for this position must be a problem-solver and demonstrated leader, have a strong quality & customer-focused mindset, and have the personal drive and stamina for relentless, continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

• Lead quality engineers to support production lines for site and build a network across factories to leverage good practices and continuous improvement
• Establish and meet clear quality metrics and objectives for site and Energy business
• Drive professional problem solving to root cause and correct failures in production and the field
• Master and nurture a data driven team with advanced statistical, analysis and visualization skills
• Support a 24x7 global business with the needed sense of urgency to protect Tesla customers and business, while enabling work-life balance, commitment, and fun at work
• Develop and motivate a high performing team of exceptional engineers and engineering technicians to be proud to take place in Tesla’s mission to transition the world towards sustainable energy
• Create and maintain PFMEAs to determine potential risks in manufacturing process and drive resolution of high-risk issues into process controls
• Establish and maintain Control Plans to assure critical features are controlled and monitored through the assembly/production processes
• Develop and implement Quality Key Points for visual inspection that meets product specifications used by in process inspections and quality audits
• Create schedule for regular audits and inspections to be performed by Quality Technicians across all product lines

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years as a Quality Engineer with prio experience leading a team of engineers
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and implement changes
• Experience conducting PFMEAs for production processes
• Experience in ISO-9001, QS-9000, ISO/TS/IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP is a plus
• Experience in 6-Sigma
• Specific training and demonstrated success in applying quality problem solving methods, such as fishbone diagrams and/or 8D, and implementing successful countermeasures
• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, including process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, and similar
• Proficiency in SQL, R, Minitab (or similar), is a plus
• Experience with broad variety of measurement and inspection techniques