What to Expect
The PCB Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) is the subject matter expert on PCB manufacturing processes and fabrication rulesets and will also be primary point of contact for supplier audits, qualifications, and supplier selections for all PCBs in Tesla's electronics portfolio.
What You'll Do
- Support with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) based on PCB supplier fabrication limitations and guide Design Engineers to optimize PCB layouts
- Define and maintain PCB specifications, criteria, and reliability standards to improve supplier performance for incumbent and new PCB suppliers
- Review and define APQP/PPAP requirements as the primary owner and approver of tier 2 PCB suppliers
- Conduct PCB supplier audits and support with the development of additional audit criteria to assess suppliers to meet Tesla's high standard of quality
- Drive PCB suppliers on quality issues and field escalations based on root cause analysis and corrective actions
- Owner of RFQ's and contract management - ensure Non-Disclosure Agreements, General Terms & Conditions, Piece Price Agreements, and other related contracts are negotiated, agreed and appropriately documented before business is initiated
- Drive negotiation for piece price and product development to ensure that Tesla's pricing meets best-landed-cost expectations as well as Supplier Industrialization standards of Best-In-Class quality
- Participate on cost reduction initiatives by exploring and suggesting process, materials, design and new technologies
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with PCB manufacturing or industrializing and managing PCB suppliers
- Subject Matter Expert on Rigid, Flex, Rigid-Flex, HDI, and/or IC Substrate Fabrication
- Familiarity with quality tools such as APQP, PPAP SPC, RCCA, and related methods like control charts and pareto analysis
- Strong knowledge and understanding of industry specifications and standards especially IPC and JEDEC
- Experienced with optimizing PCB panel design, and material vs cost vs capacity
- Strong understanding of Drilling, Etching, Masking, Plating, Lamination, Surface Coating, and Testing
- Solid technical knowledge of the PCB Assembly manufacturing process
- International travel is required to engage with manufacturing partners, sometimes on short notice
- Excellent spoken and written English
