Sr Mechanical Design Engineer - Automation Equipment - Markham, On

What To Expect
Tesla is looking for a highly motivated Mechanical Design Engineer to create, improve and maintain manufacturing equipment for our battery cell production. You will work closely with process engineers to develop new parts, fixtures and equipment to enable new processes. You will work closely with Design Engineering, Quality and Production to take battery design changes and new cell recipes from initial concept through prototype development and into full production. You will also work with cross-functional teams throughout the entire product lifecycle.
What You’ll Do

• Lead Engineering efforts for the conceptualization and the design of the next generation cell manufacturing equipment
• Own and account for manufacturing equipment for one or more of the cell manufacturing machines
• Drive equipment acceptance tests and document detailed and verified specifications.
• Drive improvement of equipment effectiveness, manufacturing tolerance, stability, automation and intelligence.
• Manage external equipment integrators from equipment development through buyoff
• Create detailed Manufacturing Instructions to document new processes.
• Ability to build proof of concept equipment designs and estimate CapEx for equipment designs.
• Provide hands-on support to the mechanical engineering team to troubleshoot and resolve design issues and implement enhancement to optimize machine performance.
• Lead equipment development to realize new/innovative/improved manufacturing processes from proof of concept through to full scale production.
• Conduct equipment design reviews and provide design guidance to design team.
• Conduct DFMEA and Fault Tree analysis to drive robustness into equipment.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong written, verbal, presentation and organizational skills as well as the ability to work and manage time independently.
• Experience introducing new equipment and new processes into a production environment.
• Proficiency creating detailed drawings from solid models for various fabrication techniques (CNC/manual machining, welding, sheet metal forming).
• 5+ years of experience as a hands-on mechanical/manufacturing/design engineer working on mechanical and/or electromechanical systems.
• Experience of new equipment installations and new product startups.
• Experience writing production documentation: SOPs, checklists, flow diagrams.
• Experience in high-speed rotating machinery and automated continuous motion equipment an asset
• Proficiency in mechanical assembly (press fits, fastener selection).
• BS/MS Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Well organized with meticulous attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills and an aptitude for learning systems quickly.
• Knowledge of automated equipment systems and tools - robotic, vision, material handling, Conveyors, PLC, HMI, etc.
• Exposure to a wide variety of test and automation systems, production machinery, industrial sensors, data acquisition and I/O devices (e.g., pogo-pins, pressure transducers, temperature controllers, current and power meters, PLCs, etc).
• Mastery of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc (MS Office suite)
• Experience with GD&T.
• Proficiency in designing mechanical equipment, fixtures and tooling in 2D and 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred).