Manager, General Assembly Quality Engineering

Tesla is hiring a Manager of General Assembly (GA) Quality Engineering to lead the quality function for vehicle final assembly at Gigafactory Texas, supporting Cybertruck, Cybercab, and Model Y. This leader owns the GA quality outcomes across launch and steady-state production from Warranty to infactory metrics. These include BSR and water-tight performance, paint, fit-and-finish, soft trim, electrical, and final vehicle audit. You will lead a team of Quality Engineers, drive data-driven problem solving, and partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Design, Supplier Quality, and Service to deliver vehicles that meet Tesla's standard out of the gate.

• Lead a team of GA Quality Engineers covering trim, chassis, final line, marriage, and end-of-line vehicle test across multiple programs

• Own GA-level quality KPIs: Direct Run %, FQT yield, audit defects per vehicle, BSR rate, water test pass rate, MRB cost, and warranty signal

• Drive containment, root cause, and permanent corrective action for high-impact GA defects (BSR, water leaks, gap/flush, soft-set, electrical, soft trim)

• Adjudicate MRB tickets, approve TSORTs, and resolve WOEL-to-GA escalations with speed and discipline

• Partner with NPI and Program teams through RC builds, pilot, and ramp - represent quality in cross-functional launch calls and own the GA quality readiness gate

• Operationalize Tesla's digital quality stack (QPX, quality cards, MOS, FX-Quality) to detect issues earlier and reduce manual triage load

• Build hiring plans, develop engineers, and run a performance bar that reflects Tesla's expectations

• Interface daily with GA Production leadership, Design Engineering, and Supplier Quality to close issues at the lowest possible cost

• Escalate systemic design or supplier issues with data, and drive them to closure across the value chain

• 8+ years of automotive or high-volume manufacturing quality engineering experience, with at least 3 years leading engineering teams

• Deep hands-on expertise in vehicle General Assembly: BIW-to-GA interface, trim/chassis/final, marriage, vehicle test, and audit

• Demonstrated ownership of a GA quality function through a vehicle launch (NPI, RC builds, pilot, ramp to volume)

• Strong command of structured problem solving (8D, DMAIC, Shainin, FTA) and statistical methods

• Proven ability to lead data-driven quality programs - comfortable in SQL/dashboards/BI tools and pushing teams to act on signal, not opinion

• Experience hiring, developing, and managing technical engineering teams in a fast-paced production environment

• Bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and willingness to be on the floor every day

• Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program