Process Development Engineer, Cathode Materials Manufacturing

What to Expect Tesla's Cathode team is looking for a highly motivated Process Development Engineer to work on a critical challenge facing the world's energy transition - Battery Cathode Materials. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Tesla's world-class manufacturing facilities. Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work on a critical subsystem of an incredibly exciting product. As a member of the process team, the candidate will develop, implement, and optimize process improvements as well as help develop future processes through the application of first engineering principles. The candidate will also be expected to execute the design of experiments to gather relevant data to inform process parameter tolerances, improve material performance, and reduce production costs.

What You'll Do

• Applyengineeringfundamentalsand abroad set of process engineering toolsto solve technical problemsand create noveldetaileddesigns to address root cause of issue
• Develop a detailed knowledge of multiple stages of the cathode manufacturing process
• Interpret electrochemical and material / electrode characterization data and assign result differences to material changes, design changes, assembly flaws, and specific degradation pathways
• Provide process engineering support to manufacturing teams to help resolve process bottlenecks and other long-standing issues
• Plan and execute Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize existing processes and guide data-driven improvements
• Utilize lab and pilot data to provide recommendations on quality improvements for cathode production process

What You'll Bring

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 :

plan options with $0 payroll deduction