Manufacturing Engineer, Body

This Manufacturing Engineer will design material flow for global factory design projects for vehicle and energy products. This role focuses on the end-to-end design of raw material and WIP flow, from concept design through handoff of a fully detailed plan to Operations. This role will design the inbound loading area, provide material handling headcount estimates, make equipment recommendations for forklift-free operations, and ensure the lineside space is efficiently designed.
Responsibilities

• Develop End to End Material Flow Design for the entirety of the Bill of Materials for new products and new factories/expansions, while optimizing variables such as factory space, labor and throughput.
• Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, packaging and supply chain to drive Design for Manufacturability in future programs early in the design phase
• Develop process designs that form the basis of high-volume production lines and support Tesla's industry-leading dimensional quality of the vehicles produced
• Design innovative material flow strategies for a wide variety of materials for all production lines
• Integrate forklift-free delivery strategies to support safety and drive efficiency.
• Participate in the development and review of early project planning documents such as project timelines, Requests for Quotations, FMEA's and Safety Risk Assessments
• Arrange and participate in line design reviews of robot and tooling simulations, cycle time plans, and general line layout, driving optimization towards fundamental engineering limits
• Improve/ Design models to aid with predicting material handling labor, warehouse space and material handling equipment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve safety, quality, and efficiency metrics during factory design

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Have working knowledge of Design for Manufacturability
• Strong familiarity with structured problems solving methodologies (DMAIC, 8D, etc.)
• 3D CAD experience in reviewing and modifying 3D models of tooling and product
• Good understanding of BOMs, manufacturability, process design, process validation, assembly
• Methods, design reviews and cost reduction methodologies
• Experienced with AUTOCAD, CATIA or other similar software/tools
• Experienced with Excel (VBA Plus) and visualization tools

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:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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