What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Industrial Engineer, Solar Manufacturing position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Compensation and Benefits
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.
Tesla is looking for a highly motivated engineer to contribute to implementing and sustaining Industrial Engineering principles to the total manufacturing process of our cutting-edge Energy Products. Through a detailed understanding of the factory objectives and extensive collaboration with internal and external teams, you will help optimize our manufacturing and material flow process. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Tesla's world class manufacturing. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work on critical subsystems of an incredibly exciting product.
What You'll Do
- Lead and manage a team of Industrial Engineers and Technicians
- Manage capacity planning standards for all manufacturing lines
- Collaborate with operations, management, and stakeholder teams to optimize staffing and maximize operational efficiency
- Assess current labor productivity and performance metrics, analyze workforce data, and forecast labor needs based on operational demands
- Develop and implement labor plans that align with operational goals and budget constraints
- Define optimization models for scenarios like inventory, job scheduling, material requirements, and material flow
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing functions to enhance safety, quality, delivery, cost, and growth
- Provide feedback and optimize site layouts for production, material flow, construction, and facilities
- Develop and maintain process and manufacturing data and plans, applying PDCA, Continuous Improvement, and Lean methodologies
- Standardize metrics and problem-solving tools
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 8 years of industrial, manufacturing, or mechanical engineering experience
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive projects with diverse teams in a manufacturing environment
- Experience quantifying and solving ambiguous problems at a systems level
- Extensive detailed analysis experience to make data-driven decisions and summarize results for executives
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with layouts in AutoCAD
- Experience designing greenfield facility layouts and/or manufacturing processes is a plus
- Experience with discrete event simulation software (ARENA, Flex Sim, etc.)
Compensation and Benefits
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
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.