Project Engineer, Cell Quality

As a Project Engineer within the Cell Quality Team, you will be reporting to the Sr. Manager of Cell Quality. You will be responsible for coordinating high-impact quality projects and initiatives to ensure their timely closure, successful execution, and alignment with Tesla's operational goals. This role requires proactive collaboration with cross-functional teams to identify project risks, resolve bottlenecks, and escalate critical issues when necessary. You will work closely with departments including Quality Engineering, Quality Operations, Manufacturing, and Operations to drive project milestones, deliverables, and quality standards.

• Leading and Coordination of Strategic Quality Workshops: Lead and coordinate strategic quality workshops focused on OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and problem-solving to align teams on priorities. Facilitate cross-functional discussions to address systemic quality issues and drive continuous improvement
• Leading Problem-Solving Framework Meetings: Lead and coordinate 8D problem-solving meetings to ensure structured, data-driven resolution of quality issues. Ensure timely and accurate communication of project roadblocks to the right stakeholders for high priority problem solving projects
• Operations & Efficiency: Ensure critical quality projects are streamlined, with the right people assigned to the right tasks to maintain momentum and deliverables. Monitor project pipelines to prevent bottlenecks and ensure alignment with operational priorities
• Risk Management: Proactively identify, measure, and mitigate risks across quality projects, ensuring transparency in project status and potential impacts. Reported challenges and risks to leadership with actionable insights to prevent escalation

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years inmanufacturing environment, in a mix of mass production and/or project engineering roles
• Evidence of exceptional ability, including a strong understanding of engineering fundamentals anddemonstratedability toleveragethis understanding to solve challenging problems and influence without authority
• Direct experience in planninghigh impact projects
• Ability to workand communicatecross-functionally, including interfacing with senior leadership team
• Proven ability tooperateunder pressure while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.Must be able to work in afast-pacedenvironment, occasionally requiring extended hours
• Aptitudeto learn and incorporatenew technologies
• Ability toidentifyissues anddevelopcorrective measures toresolve
• Detailoriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills

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