Field Reliability Engineering Technician, Powertrain

About the role

Field Reliability Engineering Technician, Powertrain | Tesla (Engineering & Information Technology)

Location: Sunnyvale, California | Req ID: 279942 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

The Field Reliability Team mission is to determine the root cause of issues and opportunities to improve Tesla’s products by reducing customer-facing problems, in collaboration with other Engineering teams. Engineers and Technicians on the team are responsible for a wide variety of vehicle product systems for existing models. This is a contributor role that includes extensive hands-on work focused on failure analysis and root cause activities.

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Technician who will execute a variety of technical tasks to support ongoing failure analysis activities. The successful candidate will work directly with Field Reliability Engineers to perform the sample preparation, electrical testing, mechanical inspection, tear downs and other analytical work.

The successful candidate should have experience working in a lab environment or similar manufacturing environment. They will need to become intimately familiar with the use of common analytical lab equipment and techniques such as PCBA rework, electronic probing, and microscope use, among others. The candidate must have exceptional attention to detail, ability to follow step-by-step instructions, excellent communication skills, and be a team player.

As an industry-leading company, Tesla offers the opportunity to work on breaking edge technology in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high visibility role.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate incoming hardware sent back for failure analysis
• Perform sample preparation and inspection on a variety of electrical and electromechanical systems
• Triage hardware for issues as requested by engineers
• Support root cause analysis from issue identification to countermeasure implementation
• Execute experiments to test theories about failure cause
• Use analytical tools and techniques including cross-sectioning, electrical debug, X-Ray, microscopes, and others

What You'll Bring

• 1+ Year of industry experience or equivalent in an analytical lab or similar manufacturing environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Excellent fine motor skills, including soldering and probing PCBAs
• Strong demonstrable experience with electrical test equipment: Power Supplies, Multimeter, Oscilloscopes, and other common equipment
• Fine electronics probing and solder skills necessary
• Proficient at reading schematics and troubleshooting analog and digital circuits is a strong 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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation$28.80 - $56.40/hour + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.