Production Change Process Engineer, Optimus, Material Handling

What to Expect

The Production Change Process Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving the change control process. Their work involves optimizing the internal material flow for any changes in the physical and systematic flow variations.

This is achieved through cross-departmental collaboration, where process engineers design change control processes that establish the internal supply chain from the supplier to the lineside part presentations.

In addition, the Production Change Process Engineer acts as a bridge for cross-departmental communication and ensures that production control is in perfect sync with the MBOM, Quality, Design Engineering, and any Product Change Approvals. The role also involves reviewing every change to maintain efficiency and quality while reducing costs and safety concerns.

This work begins after the preliminary designs are confirmed and the EBOM is released. The Production Change Process Engineer works closely with the new product introduction team to plan for each part for equipment validation, manufacturing confirmations, and finally, ensuring that the material flow is ready for standard operating production volumes.

The Production Control / Material Handling team places a high value on excellence, and this never-ending persistence for excellence is essential to achieving a World Class Manufacturing system.

What You'll Do

• Create Standard Operating Procedures for launching new Products
• Develop data pipelines for bridging cross-functional databases
• Create Data visualization models in Tableau or Power Bi
• Develop KPIs and track those KPIs for incremental progress of the overall team and change process from PCA to the change implementation for production
• Develop process poke yokes; 5 why / Ishikawa diagrams / FMEA / Logic tree and barrier analysis
• Lead Material flow of the entire BOM for Pre-production builds while maintaining IP and using the lean principals
• Create tailored change control dashboards and processes for new SKUs and material introductions
• Lead process implementation and sustaining with continuous improvements and lead cross-functional change management, forecast the impact on material flow, and plan for every aspect of the change
• Analyze and minimize the impact of changes to reduce net add of OPEX and CAPEX for the business – Dock assignment, additional storage space, route allocation
• Stress test and simulate the impact of the changes on manpower allocation to maximize returns with minimum inputs

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, or equivalent
• 2+ years of professional experience in material flow engineering, process engineering, continuous improvement engineering, supply chain engineering, logistics, or manufacturing
• Basic data manipulation skills to store, retrieve, and run queries on material flow systems
• Experience with data visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau
• Proven experience in designing and implementing material flow for new manufacturing line launches
• Superior knowledge of lean manufacturing principles, logistics business systems, pre-determined motion, and material flow systems. Proven experience utilizing tools to effectively analyze problems to their root cause and implement solutions
• Experience in mining, collecting, cleansing, and analyzing data using Excel, SQL, Python or other analytical tools
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Rivet, or similar 2D CAD software to create and evaluate layouts
• Effective cross-functional collaboration skillset to collectively work through problem-solving

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.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.