Manufacturing Engineering – Plastic tooling (m/f/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

Tesla’s Plastics Manufacturing Engineering team is a diverse, high performing group of engineers that define and execute Tesla’s manufacturing processes for plastic components.As a part of this team, you will be tasked with assessing the current manufacturing capabilities of Tesla plastics processes, developing a manufacturing and capacity strategy for plastic components for current and future product programs, determining the most effective methods to manufacture plastic components, and implementing equipment capacity and capability upgrades.

- Bringing the voice of manufacturing into the design
- Performing advanced DFMs, evaluating part feasibility and proactively provide solutions to meet both Engineering and Manufacturing requirements
- Lead the development of new plastic injection tooling projects to meet a wide range of product performance and cosmetic requirements
- Designing and modelling all aspects of injection molds: Mold layout, parting lines, actions, and mechanisms
- Knowledge of plastic resins and their molding characteristics. Applied knowledge of tool steels and alloy materials used in the manufacturing of injection molds.
- Define plastics baseline process to meet targeted cycle times
- Develop CAPEX plan and RFQ’s for prototype/production tooling
- Providing technical solutions and leading engineering sub-contractors in process design, layout, and construction of new plastics tooling
- Develop innovative solutions to enable unique product development in each program
- Commissioning tooling and launch in factory
- Collaborating with design and vehicle quality to establish and develop part appearance standards
- Using a data-based approach to optimize molding processes to reach quality and production requirements
- Supporting all engineering builds and verifying scalability of molding processes

Necessary skills

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar; MS preferred
- Applying fundamental principles to identify and drive non-standard solutions to solve manufacturing constraints
- 1-5 years of hands-on experience with best in class large/medium/small injection plastic molds design and processing (Automotive Class A, consumer electronics, medical industry)
- Proficient in Tool design
- Detailed understanding of plastics molding process and post molding operations, their impact on throughput, quality, and yield rate
- Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing, Desing for Assembly and GD&T
- Strong interpersonal skills when working with internal groups and outside vendors
- Outstanding problem-solving skills, statistical process control, design of experiments and simulation techniques
- Ability to work with multi-functional teams in a rapidly changing environment with minimal guidance
- Understanding and interpreting mold filling simulations and cooling analyses
- Proficient in basic and field related software (i.e., CATIA/SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Mold flow simulations, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Willingness to travel domestically or internationally (Up to 50% per year)

Preferred:

- Automotive Tier 1 or Tool shop experience
- Plastics and PUR Process Engineering
- Scientific molding