Equipment Engineer, Paint (m/f/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect

Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla's incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

The Role

The successful Junior Equipment Engineer candidate will deploy a variety of skillsets from many fields of expertise in the Paint Shop including Electrical, Mechanical and Pneumatics. A broad-based industrial maintenance experience and knowledge of conveyor systems and automation technology in service of the Paint Shop are highly recommended. The candidate must be driven to tackle whatever technical challenge presents itself and be willing to assist and learn from others in their areas of expertise. The goal of the Equipment Engineer is to ensure high availability of equipment with the necessary levels of performance required to build the best products for our customers.

What You'll Do

• Actively support development and continuous improvement of equipment, paint process and standards within the Paint shop.
• Support in root cause analysis on equipment bad actors and major unplanned downtime.
• Assist the development and implementation of solutions using problem solving analysis such 8D and several other tools.
• Assist the wider team to identify practical solutions to day-to-day problems with the Facility and individual equipment
• Work in a team of engineers and technicians as an in-house integration team that scopes and executes projects from concept through to start-up and commissioning.
• Assist the wider team to identify practical solutions to day-to-day problems with the Facility and individual equipment
• Become a local specialist on key equipment of the conveyor systems – mechanical, electrical, and automation – and work with technicians in the paint shop.
• Takes initiative to create, implement and improve PM documents and schedules, under the direction of the Maintenance Management.
• Contribute to the successful outcome equipment repairs and rebuilds, working with the technicians (some weekends, out of hours and holidays required)
• Participate in spare part analyses, inventory development, and assess cost reduction and spares handling improvement opportunities.
• Identify faulty components and potential faulty components and communicate the needs to Maintenance Management and Senior Equipment Engineer – have confidence to work with vendors site team
• Support with technical know-how and acquired skills, other cross-functional associates to resolve common issues, improve equipment reliability, review procedures, and minimize equipment downtime as well as improve cycle times and optimize programs to excellence.
• Support the escalation route for production line equipment: alarms, breakdowns, and Production requests to minimize downtime.
• Coordinate actively equipment suppliers, using their expertise to improve equipment reliability and manage improvement opportunities under the lead of Maintenance Management
• Support Manufacturing Engineering and maintenance technicians

What You'll Bring

• BS degree in Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Knowledge of conveyor systems and automation technology is mandatory.
• Industrial Maintenance experience preferred with focus on conveyor equipment such as roller tables, cross-chains, pivot-tables and vertical lifts.
• Knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components of conveyor systems, along with steel fabrication and relevant standards like CEMA or AISC, is a plus.
• Creating & maintaining a positive atmosphere in a collaborative work team.
• Ability to manage workload while contributing to a positive, team-oriented work environment.
• Enjoys Troubleshooting and Problem Solving.
• Skilled with the use of a variety of hand and portable tools, as well as general machining and welding.
• Proficient in the use of computer software (MS Office, AutoCAD, CATIA, etc.) as well as experience in data processing
• Able to read and interpret mechanical drawings and electrical schematics.
• Willing to perform shift work (including weekends and nights) and overtime as required.
• A good command of German and English speaking and writing

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.