Tesla · 1 month ago
Sustaining Reliability Engineer, Low Voltage Electronics
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$100K/yr - $216K/yr
2+ years expTesla is seeking a Sustaining Reliability Engineer for Low Voltage Electronics to enhance product quality and reliability. The role involves identifying risks, designing mitigation strategies, overseeing validation testing, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective transitions from new product introduction to mass production.
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Responsibilities
Mitigate manufacturing risks and ensure product reliability during scaling, ramping, and high-volume production across global factories
Oversee production validation, early-life reliability monitoring, supplier qualification, and smooth NPI-to-mass production transitions
Apply expertise in reliability methods and low-voltage electronics to develop accelerated test plans for sustaining activities, including burn-in, ESS, ORT, and reliability growth demonstration
Generate validation test plans for manufacturing, process, or supplier changes (internal/external), and drive root cause corrective actions
Collaborate with quality, service, supplier, and design teams to conduct failure analysis and resolve testing/field failures
Analyze field usage, environmental conditions, and reliability metrics to optimize test methods and requirements for ongoing production
Provide reliability guidelines, apply lessons learned, and use statistical methods to enable continuous improvements in manufacturing and early-life performance
Work closely with Field Reliability Teams to identify and drive mitigation for field excursions related to manufacturing deviations
Qualification
Required
Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
2+ years of experience with low-voltage electronic components/systems and laboratory testing (including relevant internships or academic lab work)
Understanding of manufacturing processes for electronic components
Experience with burn-in testing, Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), and Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT)
Understanding of highly accelerated testing methods and governing equations for acceleration models
Experience developing reliability guidelines and innovative testing approaches for sustaining production
Working knowledge of reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, and tools like JMP or Minitab
Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques, such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, and EDX
Self-driven and focused, with proven ability to manage parallel tasks in a fast-paced environment
Proven ability to stay engaged, proactive, and positive in challenging situations
Benefits
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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$20.12BKey Investors
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2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
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Leadership Team
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Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
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