Associate Quality Engineering Manager, Powerwall

Tesla Energy in Sparks, NV is looking for an experienced Quality Leader for it's site. In this role, you will lead a world class quality team to support the manufacturing of high-quality residential and solar products to drive the mission to accelerate the world's transition towards sustainable energy. This is a dynamic position where you work with several engineering groups, supply chain, production, commissioning, and service teams to proactively develop products and processes to be built right first time, and continuously improve them to meet customer expectations and profitability goals. The successful candidate for this position must be a problem-solver and demonstrated leader, have a strong quality & customer-focused mindset, and have the personal drive and stamina for relentless, continuous improvement.

Lead quality engineers to support production lines for site and build a network across factories to leverage good practices and continuous improvementEstablish and meet clear quality metrics and objectives for site and Energy businessDrive professional problem solving to root cause and correct failures in production and the fieldMaster and nurture a data driven team with advanced statistical, analysis and visualization skillsSupport a 24x7 global business with the needed sense of urgency to protect Tesla customers and business, while enabling work-life balance, commitment, and fun at workDevelop and motivate a high performing team of exceptional engineers and engineering technicians to be proud to take place in Tesla's mission to transition the world towards sustainable energyCreate and maintain PFMEAs to determine potential risks in manufacturing process and drive resolution of high-risk issues into process controlsEstablish and maintain Control Plans to assure critical features are controlled and monitored through the assembly/production processesDevelop and implement Quality Key Points for visual inspection that meets product specifications used by in process inspections and quality auditsCreate schedule for regular audits and inspections to be performed by Quality Technicians across all product linesDegree in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience6+ years as a Quality Engineer with prio experience leading a team of engineersDemonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and implement changesExperience conducting PFMEAs for production processesExperience in ISO-9001, QS-9000, ISO/TS/IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP is a plusExperience in 6-SigmaSpecific training and demonstrated success in applying quality problem solving methods, such as fishbone diagrams and/or 8D, and implementing successful countermeasuresStrong quantitative and data analysis skills, including process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, and similarProficiency in SQL, R, Minitab (or similar), is a plusExperience with broad variety of measurement and inspection techniquesBenefits

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