The Role:
Associate Controls Development Engineer, Manufacturing
Engineering
The Associate Controls Development Engineer
role provides recent graduates and early career professionals with the
opportunity to develop their engineering skills in a challenging, fast-paced
and impactful manufacturing role at Tesla.
Positions may be in any of the following areas
depending on business availability:
- Vehicle
manufacturing (Body, Stamping, Casting, Paint, General Assembly)
- Powertrain
manufacturing (Battery Module, Battery Pack, Drive Unit)
- Power
electronics / Energy product manufacturing (Drive Inverter, Energy Storage)
·
Battery cell
manufacturing (Electrode, Tabless, Assembly and Formation)
The Associate Controls Engineer will work under
the guidance of an experienced Controls Engineer at Tesla’s Fremont Factory at
Fremont, CA or at Gigafactory Nevada at Reno, NV.
Automation Controls Engineers design, program
and commission automated manufacturing equipment to produce vehicles,
powertrain and energy products at Tesla factories. Successful candidates will
have a passion for programming, a strong interest in controlling mechanical
machines and a willingness to learn and contribute to the team in a rapidly growing
capacity. Automation Controls Engineers also contribute to further development
of Tesla’s unique and innovative controls program architecture and standards that
will be used to accelerate our future.
In this role, you will learn how to:
- Design
industrial electrical panels, field wiring and machine safety circuits
(E-Plan and AutoCAD)
- Program
PLCs using ladder logic and structured text (Siemens, Allen-Bradley and
Beckhoff)
- Program
complex machinery for material pick-and-place, fastening, conveyance, etc.
- Interface
machinery with MES and reports results to quality databases
- Create
intuitive operator touchscreen interfaces (WinCC, PanelView, Ignition,
TwinCAT HMI)
- Program
vision cameras for inspection and 2D/3D machinery guidance (Cognex,
Keyence)
- Program
and interface to industrial 6-axis robots (Fanuc, Kuka)
Candidate
Expectations:
·
BS in Electrical, Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, Computer
Science or similar
- Superb computer skills and demonstrated programming
proficiency
- Previous internship, academic or hobbyist experience in
mechatronics projects is an asset
- Hands-on experience fixing and troubleshooting things
- Familiar with common hand tools and diagnostic tools such as
multimeters
- Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
- Willing to work extended hours as necessary
