Coating Manufacturing Technician, LFP Cell Manufacturing

Teslas LFP Electrode Production Team is seeking highly motivated individuals to tackle manufacturing of a challenging new process. You will be working alongside Engineers, Maintenance, Quality, and Training to develop an advanced new process and be among the first individuals to work in a new cell manufacturing factory within Tesla.

This fast-paced team is the perfect environment if you are interested in developing multiple skills and having an immediate impact on the future of energy. You will be a problem solver and an idea contributor. You will bring a get-it-done attitude while successfully developing new skills and grow your career.

You will spend a significant amount of time training, troubleshooting, and driving performance. Your responsibilities will include:

• Operating Teslas coating lines, requiring highly skilled work in monitoring and adjusting coating die heads
• Monitoring and adjusting the NMP recovery process in the coated cathode production line, including parameter adjustments to maintain the process within defined specifications
• Completing standard work process and following work instructions, procedures, and rotating as required
• Demonstrating flexibility as needed by the business
• Escalating technical and process issues to the appropriate support groups and leaders
• Following safety guidelines and procedures and demonstrating a high level of professionalism
• Maintaining exemplary attendance and punctuality to scheduled shifts

Requirements:

• Manufacturing industry experience: 3-5 years preferred
• Experience in large or small-scale manufacturing in a production process role
• Experience with operating and troubleshooting automated semi-automated manufacturing equipment, basic mechanical troubleshooting preferred
• Demonstrate ability to analyze problems and error conditions, identify root causes, and implement viable long-term solutions
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma principles is preferred but not required
• Command of the English language, both written and verbal, with the ability to understand and record maintenance procedures, shift pass downs
• Comfortable with frequent change of direction, dynamic work environment, and passion to perform time-sensitive analysis under pressure
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-driven contributor with limited supervision

Essential Physical Demands:

• Able to perform assembly work and receive safety signals using sight, touch, and hearing
• Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time, up to 12 hours a day
• Frequently and repetitively lift, push, and carry up to 50 lbs
• Climb and descend a 10" step and ability to carry 20 lbs up and down stairs
• Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours a day, including over varied and uneven terrain
• Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist, and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours a day
• Exposures to hazardous materials used and ability to follow waste handling and disposal procedures
• Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, and hearing
• Wearing Personal Protective Equipment for up to 12 hours per day, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, hearing protection, half-face respirators, powered-air purifying respirators (PAPRs), gloves, and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines.