What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer, Exteriors & Lighting position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
We are looking for a Reliability Engineerwith a strong background and interest in mechanical and automotive engineering. In this role, you will play a key role in ensuring the reliability of our vehicle exterior and lighting systems. As a successful candidate, you will follow the reliability lifecycle of these products from concept to design, development, manufacturing, and field operation to design, validate, and enhance exceptional reliability at every stage.
This role is highly engaging, allowing you to work on many of our most exciting products. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to understand emerging designs and architectures. You will be responsible for identifying risks associated with these architectures. You will identify appropriate stresses that our products must pass and create test plans, which will be used to assess the reliability of our products. You will provide reliability analyses and suggestions to improve the reliability of our products.
You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world, and you must be self-motivated with the desire to push boundaries. If you have a strong technical first-principles understanding, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine fascination for engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge technology of Tesla's products and shape the future. It comes natural to you to deliver results under high pressure with tight schedules.
The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview.
What You'll Do
- Apply solid knowledge of reliability methods and mechanical engineering to design accelerated test plans for design validation, burn-in testing, environmental stress screening (ESS), ongoing reliability testing (ORT), and demonstration of reliability growth
- Analyze field usage and environmental conditions to optimize requirement setting, test methods, and reliability spec
- Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess product risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices
- Work with manufacturing quality, service engineering, supplier quality and design teams to identify root causes and drive resolution for failures originating in testing and in the field
- Generate process validation test plans to implement at suppliers, and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers to resolve production process issues
- Provide reliability design guidelines and apply reliability lessons learned to enable continuous improvement
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalentexperience
- 1 years of experience working on mechanical systems in a laboratory testing environment (including relevant internship or academic lab work experience)
- Understanding of Highly Accelerated testing methods and governing equations for different types of acceleration models
- Experience with developing reliability guidelines and inventing novel ways of reliability testing
- Working knowledge of reliability statistics
- Self-driven and focused individual with a proven ability to manage parallel tasks effectively, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive in tough circumstances
Compensation and 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
Pay 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.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $91,600 - $195,600