Tesla · 4 months ago
Field Reliability & Quality Engineer, Field Quality, Residential Energy Products
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$104K/yr - $222K/yrTesla is dedicated to improving customer experience through their Field Quality team by minimizing field issues with their energy products. The Field Reliability & Quality Engineer will be responsible for identifying, analyzing, and implementing solutions for product issues while collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance product quality and reliability.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleEnergyManufacturingRenewable EnergyTransportation
Responsibilities
Monitor products field performance, identify trending issues. Prioritize based on severity, occurrence, and/or cost of each failure mode
Triage emerging trends and use engineering first principals to come up with failure hypothesis
Coordinate efforts with the Failure Analysis team to identify root-causes of problems
Collaborate with engineering, factory quality and suppliers to drive containment and corrective action implementation into production
Communicate field performance of the engineering system, gather buy-in from engineering leadership on improvement priorities and urgency
Drive upward design feedback during design reviews by utilizing information on field performance, reliability and factory quality issues (DFMEAs)
Participate in continuous improvement activities and take preventive actions
Qualification
Required
Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
Prior applicable experience desired; preferably in Failure Analysis, Product Engineering, Quality or Service in consumer electronics or automotive
For entry level candidates, Co-ops, or participation in student competitions such as Formula SAE, Baja SAE; Solar vehicle
The successful candidate for this position must have a broad engineering background with the ability to work with design engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues
Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and outside
Ability to use tools and business system applications to manage, synthesize, and interpret data
Preferred
Programming Languages & Tools: SQL, Python, Jupyterhub, Minitab, Tableau, JMP or similar are a strong plus
Benefits
Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
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2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
2023-08-15Grant· $0.23M
Leadership Team
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
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