Associate Manager, Quality Engineering

What to Expect

Tesla Remanufacturing team is looking for an experienced Quality Leader. In this role, you will lead a world class quality team to support the service manufacturing and remanufacturing of High Voltage Battery Packs and Drive units 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, other Remanufacturing sites, and service teams to proactively develop products and processes to be built right first time and continuously improve them to meet customer expectations. 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 for continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Quality Engineering and Quality Operations team to support production/Remanufacturing lines for site and build a network across factories to leverage good practices and continuous improvement 

• Establish/Maintain and meet clear quality metrics and objectives for Lathrop, other Remanufacturing sites 

• Drive professional problem solving to root cause and standardize quality improvement projects across all Remanufacturing sites to minimize Quality Escapes and Early life Failures 

• Master and nurture a data driven team with advanced statistical, analysis and visualization skills 

• Develop and motivate a high performing team of exceptional engineers, engineering technicians, Quality supervisors and Quality technicians  

• Create and maintain PFMEAs to determine potential risks in manufacturing process and drive resolution of high-risk issues into process controls 

• Establish and maintain Control Plans to assure critical features are controlled and monitored through the assembly/production processes 

• Develop and implement Quality Key Points for visual inspection that meets product specifications used by in process inspections and quality audits 

• Create schedule for regular audits and inspections to be performed by Quality Technicians across all product lines

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Physics, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 6+ years as a Quality Engineer with prior experience leading a team of engineers
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and implement changes
• Experience conducting PFMEAs for production processes
• Experience in ISO-9001, QS-9000, ISO/TS/IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP
• Specific training and demonstrated success in applying quality problem solving methods, such as 6 Sigma, fishbone diagrams and/or 8D, and implementing successful countermeasures
• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills, including process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, and similar utilizing tools like SQL, R, Minitab (or similar)