Reliability Engineer, Low Voltage Body Control Modules

Tesla, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join their innovative team in Palo Alto. This dynamic role involves ensuring the reliability of cutting-edge body control modules through rigorous testing and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will analyze risks, create test plans, and apply your engineering expertise to enhance product reliability. If you are passionate about engineering and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is your chance to contribute to groundbreaking technology that will change the world. Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and innovation in every project.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Commuter Benefits

Employee Discounts

Back-up Childcare Resources

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with low voltage electronic assemblies in automotive applications.
• Strong understanding of circuit diagrams and reliability risks.

Responsibilities

• Design accelerated test plans for reliability validation of body control modules.
• Lead design FMEA sessions to assess product risks and validation test plans.

Skills

Reliability Engineering

Low Voltage Electronics

Problem-Solving

Statistical Analysis

Electrical Design

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ReliaSoft Synthesis Platform

JMP

Optical Microscopy

SEM

X-ray

Job description

Reliability Engineer, Low Voltage Body Control Modules

Job Category: Location

Location: PALO ALTO, California

Req. ID: 239461

Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect:

We are looking for a Reliability Engineer with a strong background in low voltage electronics to join our reliability team. In this role, you will play a key role in designing reliability into our ground-breaking body control modules. As a successful candidate, you will follow the reliability lifecycle of these products from concept to design, development, manufacturing, and field operation to design-in, confirm and grow exceptional reliability at every stage.

This role is highly engaging, and you will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to understand emerging designs and architectures. You will be responsible for identifying risks associated with body control modules and the electronic systems they interact with. You will identify appropriate stresses that our products must pass and create test plans, which will be used to assess the reliability of our products. You will provide reliability analyses and use your engineering knowledge to help improve the reliability of our products.

You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world, and you must be self-motivated with the desire to push boundaries. If you have a strong technical first-principles understanding, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine fascination for engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge technology of Tesla’s products and shape the future. It comes natural to you to deliver results under high pressure with tight schedules.

The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview.

What You’ll Do:

• Apply solid knowledge of reliability methods as well as low voltage electronics to design accelerated test plans for design validation and demonstration of reliability growth.
• Analyze field usage and environmental conditions to optimize requirement setting and test methods.
• Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess product risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices.
• Work with design, test, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, and service engineering to identify root causes and drive resolution for failures originating in testing and in the field.
• Generate process validation test plans to implement at suppliers, and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers to resolve production process issues.
• Provide reliability design guidelines and apply reliability lessons learned to enable continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience working on low voltage electronic assemblies, such as electronic control units (ECUs), computers, sensors, or connectivity, in automotive or related high-reliability applications.
• Proficiency in understanding the intricacies and failure modes of low voltage systems and electrical components within electric vehicles.
• Strong experience in electrical design with understanding of circuit diagrams, wiring diagrams, and component layouts for reliability risks.
• Working knowledge of applied statistics, and experience with statistical software such as JMP.
• Familiarity with Reliability software such as ReliaSoft Synthesis Platform, including Weibull++.
• Experience with failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, EDX, CT, FTIR, X-ray.
• Self-driven and focused individual with a proven ability to manage parallel tasks effectively, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation and Benefits:

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

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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.

Expected Compensation:

$84,000 - $192,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits.

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor, including veteran status and disability status, protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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