Sr. PCB Supplier Industrialization Engineer

About the role

• Sr. PCB Supplier Industrialization Engineer | Tesla (Supply Chain)
• Location: PALO ALTO, California | Req ID: 280115 | Job Type: Full-time
• What to Expect

The PCB Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) is the subject matter expert on rigid, high-layer-count, and high-density interconnect (HDI) PCB manufacturing processes, laminate materials,and fabrication rulesets, and will be responsible for supplier audits, qualifications, and supplierselections for the high-end PCBs in Tesla's electronics portfolio. This role focuses on low-loss,high-speed PCB technologies used in advanced compute, AI, and power-electronics hardware,ensuring that Tesla's most demanding designs are manufacturable at best-in-class quality, yield, and cost.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the subject matter expert on PCB fabrication processes and laminate materials, delivering advanced PCB fabrication and design strategies for low-loss, high-speed applications
• Support Design for Manufacturing (DFM) based on PCB supplier fabrication limitations, and guide Design Engineers on layer stack-ups, impedance control, and layout optimization for high-speed/low-loss performance
• Define and maintain PCB specifications, criteria, and reliability standards to improve supplier performance for incumbent and new PCB suppliers
• Review and define APQP/PPAP requirements as the primary owner and approver of downstream rigid, multi-lam, and HDI PCB suppliers
• Conduct PCB supplier audits and support the development of additional audit criteria to assess suppliers against Tesla's high standard of quality
• Match supplier technology and process capability to product complexity, identify capability gaps, and lead qualification of new fabrication technologies and materials
• Lead experimental validation of new materials, laminates, and processes through formal
• Design of Experiments (DoE) to establish scalable, high-yield manufacturing processes
• Drive PCB suppliers on quality issues and field escalations through root cause analysis and corrective actions on defects such as delamination, via opens/voids, registration, and impedance excursions
• Support negotiations for piece price and product development to ensure Tesla's pricing meets best-landed-cost expectations as well as Supplier Industrialization standards of best-in-class quality

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, or Chemical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with rigid/HDI PCB manufacturing or industrializing and managing PCB suppliers
• Subject Matter Expert on high-layer-count rigid, multi-lam, and HDI PCB fabrication
• Deep experience with high-speed/low-loss dielectric materials beyond standard FR-4 (e.g., Rogers, Megtron, Tachyon), resins, copper, glass, and polyimides
• Strong understanding of core fabrication steps: electroless and electrolytic copper plating, sequential lamination, microvia formation, laser and mechanical drilling, DES, oxide/bond enhancement, AOI, impedance control, and electrical test
• Experience with layer stack-up design and the trade-offs of material vs. loss vs. cost vs. capacity for high-speed PCBs
• Familiarity with quality tools such as APQP, PPAP, SPC, RCCA, and related methods like control charts, DoE, and Pareto analysis
• Strong knowledge and understanding of industry specifications and standards, especially IPC and JEDEC
• Solid technical knowledge of the downstream PCBA manufacturing process
• International travel is required to engage with manufacturing partners, sometimes on short notice

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$112,000 - $306,000/annual salary + 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.