Reliability Engineer, Cell Electrode

We are seeking a highly motivated Reliability Engineer to own the critical handoff between equipment installation/commissioning and long-term sustaining maintenance on a challenging mass production line. You will be the bridge that ensures new tools don't just start up successfully - they stay up. Working alongside equipment, controls, and maintenance teams, you will define what "healthy" looks like for each machine and build the programs, procedures, and predictive methods that keep them running at target availability. This fast-paced team is the perfect environment if you enjoy being hands-on at the tool while also thinking systematically about failure modes, asset life, and continuous improvement. You will be a problem solver and an idea contributor. You will bring a get-it-done attitude while successfully developing new skills to add to your inventory and grow your career.

• Own reliability during equipment installation, commissioning, and start-up, ensuring maintainability, serviceability, and spare parts readiness are designed in before handover
• Author, validate, and continuously improve maintenance procedures, work instructions, and job plans for new and existing production equipment
• Develop and optimize preventive maintenance (PM) strategies-including task content, intervals, and resource loading-based on OEM guidance, failure history, and machine behavior
• Build and mature predictive maintenance programs using ultrasonic leak detection, vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and precision alignment checks
• Establish baseline machine tolerances, alignments, and critical dimensions; define acceptance criteria and recurring verification protocols
• Lead root cause analysis (5-Why, fishbone, FMEA, fault tree) for chronic and high-impact failures, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Track, analyze, and improve key reliability metrics such as MTBF, MTTR, availability, OEE, and PM compliance; present insights and improvement plans to stakeholders
• Define and manage critical spare parts strategy, including BOM development, minmax levels, criticality ranking, and obsolescence risk mitigation
• Partner with equipment integrators and design teams to provide feedback on Design for Reliability (DfR) and Design for Maintainability (DfM) for current and future tool generations
• Deliver training and seamless knowledge transfer to maintenance technicians and operations personnel on new equipment, procedures, and reliability tools

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of reliability, maintenance, or manufacturing engineering experience in a high-volume production environment
• Proven experience developing PM programs, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation for production equipment
• Working knowledge of predictive maintenance technologies: ultrasonic, vibration, thermography, laser alignment, and precision tolerance verification
• Strong understanding of failure analysis methodologies (RCA, FMEA, RCM, Weibull, or similar reliability modeling)
• Experience supporting equipment installation, commissioning, and transition-to-production handover processes
• Proficiency with CMMS/EAM platforms (e.g., SAP, Maximo) for asset management, PM scheduling, and failure data analysis
• Hands-on experience with mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated systems; ability to read mechanical drawings, PIDs, and electrical schematics
• Experience with LOTO and safety practices; commitment to personal and team safety in all operations
• Willingness to support off-shift or weekend activities as needed during install, commissioning, and major maintenance events

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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)