Supplier Quality Engineer, Cybercab, Electronics

What to Expect

Tesla’s Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for critical component development, incoming containment, quality management, continuous improvement, and qualification activities at Tesla suppliers. The job requires effective communication at all levels both with internal and external teams, conducting failure analysis, leading statistical process control activities for critical components and on-the-spot critical decision making. The goal: developing suppliers by teaching best practices for manufacturing, quality, and engineering, delivering on time quantities of high-quality component parts into Tesla’s production processes to enable extremely rapid development cycles and product launches, driving lean manufacturing principals to reduce waste and improve quality.

What You'll Do

Diligently drive supplier accountability for part quality issues that are impacting production by effectively managing and ensuring closure for supplier corrective actions. This includes starting and maintaining sorts & reworks, dispositioning MRB material and issuing chargebacks and validating supplier clean points Lead cross-functional between Supplier Industrial Engineering, Quality Engineering, Vendors and Design for driving resolution to quality issues related to Tesla electronics commodity vendors Engage with suppliers on developing short term containment actions and long-term corrective actions to quality issues, SCAR (Supplier Corrective Action Request) follow up and management from beginning to end Responsible of Supplier Quality Performance at the factory, work onsite daily to support on data collection/analysis to identify failure trends and collaborate facilitating this data to Engineering, Design, Supplier Industrial Engineering, and other Failure Analysis teams Based on performance and business needs, set priorities for suppliers; Develop positive relationships and work closely with Supply Chain Team to manage, implement, and track supplier/engineering, design changes, capacity studies and New Product Introductions and transfers; All before leading and/or supporting new part introduction trials at general assembly shop flow Self-starter, seeking opportunities to improve processes, part quality and overall efficiency; Identifies trends and priorities by organizing and graphing/charting data; Applies project management and/or systems engineering tools to complete complex tasks

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