Sr. Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, Solar Manufacturing

About the role

Sr. Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, Solar Manufacturing | Tesla (Manufacturing)

Location: Brookshire, Texas | Req ID: 274948 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla is seeking a Senior Equipment Engineer for Manufacturing to support qualification, maintenance, and uptime of solar manufacturing equipment at massive scale. You will help deploy 100GW of solar manufacturing from raw materials. This role is core to Tesla's mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work with a highly motivated team on extremely challenging projects.

What You'll Do

• During launch of this greenfield facility, you will assist with Functional Testing, Equipment and Product Testing, LOTO reviews and safety sign offs, and work instruction development
• Execute and track preventive maintenance schedules
• Respond to unplanned equipment downtime events, performing troubleshooting and coordinating repair to minimize MTTR, MTBF
• Maintain equipment documentation including PMs, calibration records, spare parts lists, and FMEA updates
• Monitor equipment performance metrics including MTBF, MTTR, and escalate chronic issues
• Partner with process engineers on RCA of chronic tool issues
• Manage spare parts inventory for equipment components to ensure availability
• Support vendor coordination for equipment repairs, upgrades, and field service activities
• Contribute to equipment improvement projects targeting uptime
• Document equipment issues, corrective actions, and best practices to build the engineering knowledge base

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of equipment engineering experience in semiconductor ingot, wafer or cell manufacturing
• Hands-on experience with some of the following processes: Czochralski crystal pulling, diamond wire saw slicing, texturing, wafer cleaning, thin film deposition, screen printing, and laser operations
• Familiarity with qualification methodologies and equipment acceptance testing
• Understanding of PM program development and FMEA for manufacturing equipment
• Experience tracking equipment reliability metrics including MTBF, MTTR
• Experience managing spare parts inventories and coordinating with equipment vendors
• Proficiency in data analysis tools for equipment performance monitoring
• Capability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally. Travel will vary based on launch timing. More frequently during build, less during HVM and sustaining

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)