Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Battery Materials Quality (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

Tesla’s Supplier Industrialization team
is responsible for critical raw materials, component production and
qualification activities at suppliers. This role
will be responsible for qualifying and scaling battery cell materials (focuses
on separator, foil, conductive carbon, etc) manufacturing processes and quality
system at Tesla supplier locations. In this role, you will work closely with
many organizations both internal and external to Tesla, taking new battery
designs from initial concept through into full production.

The battery cell
is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and storage systems. This role will
have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to our products. The work
environment is demanding, fast-paced and incredibly exciting. The ideal candidate
should be ready to push their limits, as they join in highly motivated and
capable team to make unbelievable things into reality.

- Apply solid understanding of manufacturing
quality control to develop specific CTQs, MSA, traceability, and maintainance
procedures.
- Collaborate with internal and external
teams to ensure proper definition of quality expectations, DFM, and CoA spec
requirements.
- Set up in process QC, OQC, and IQC
material quality controls; Qualify measurement method and develop novel
metrology; Conduct supplier OQC and Tesla IQC correlation analysis.
- Establish procedures for and conduct audits
covering initial supplier assessment, supplier quality, and sustaining audits; Maintain
MIL and ensure timely closure with suppliers.
- Conduct yield bridge analysis to guide
quality and yield improvement;
- Conduct DOEs together with material SIE
engineers, complete data analysis and Cp/Cpk analysis to identify production
capability gaps and guide process improvement.
- Support material and production-related
FA and execute corrective action plans with suppliers.
- Manage project activities at supplier sites
and ensure all required milestones meet Tesla product qualification timelines.

- BS/MS in Chemical, Material Science
& engineering. 5+ years of industrial experience in high-volume battery material
manufacturing process and quality control
- Experience characterizing film materials
properties, via stress-strain, FTIR, ICP, SEM, EDS, contact angle
- Experience developing IPQC/OQC/IQC
quality controls, metrology qualification, quality sampling methodologies for cell
materials
- Well-versed in statistical data analysis
& process capability analysis, including GRR, Cpk, yield; proficient in
data analysis tools such as JMP or Minitab
- Experience in supplier quality audits, driving
FACA efforts, project management, and solid understanding of DOE
principles
- Working knowledge of battery cell
manufacturing requirements, cell performance requirements, and their
relationship to material characteristics
- Strong communication and presentation
skills
- Ability to travel – 80%
- Candidates are expected to uphold and actively promote sustainability principles in their daily work, operating in line with Tesla Global Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) Policy and EMAS requirements, fostering a culture of continuous environmental improvement