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Tesla seeks an Industrial Engineer to lead industrial engineering initiatives for energy-product manufacturing operations at its Buffalo facility. The role supports sustaining, ramping, and improving product lines through collaboration across production, engineering, supply chain, construction, and facilities teams. The engineer will plan capacity and staffing, analyze and optimize production lines and factory layouts, model operational scenarios, and lead continuous-improvement projects.
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What to ExpectTesla is currentlyseekinga motivated andaccomplishedIndustrial Engineer who will be the owner of Industrial Engineering initiatives for Energy products manufacturing operations. This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the world-class manufacturing facility in Buffalo, New York, working in a demanding and fast-paced environment to improve critical subsystems of an exciting product. The teamis responsible forsustaining, ramping, and improving business critical new product lines through collaboration with Production, Manufacturing Process Engineering and Development, Material Flow Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction and Facilities teams. Innovation and grit are expected. Through a detailed understanding of sales and demand planningobjectivesand extensive collaboration with internal and external teams developing individual components, this teams ensures that the overall operational excellence and achieves all of Tesla'sobjectives. What You'll Do * Manage capacity planning standards for all energy product manufacturing lines * Create operating plans for all production lines, including labor requirements, breakstrategies, and shift schedules * Conduct options analysis for existing line optimization and new line installations and estimate resource requirements for factory footprint expansion projects * Work with internal operations and management teams to define scenarios for growth and formulate improvement strategies to help with product ramp * Perform capacity studies and static sensitivity analyses toidentifyfactorsimpactingline throughput (OEE, Headcount, number of material handling equipment) and make recommendations for improvement * Perform discrete event simulation modeling and statistical modeling to influence key business decisions * Management and development of factory staffing models used to develop site level staffing plans * Lead continuous improvementinitiativesutilizingKaizen and 5S methodologies * Design assembly line, support space, and amenity area layouts using quantitative and qualitative evaluation techniques tofacilitatesmooth operations andoptimizecost/sqft * Lead projects to efficientlyallocatespace inside and outside the factory to support value-added and support team operations What You'll Bring * 4+ years' experience in Industrial Engineering or equivalent relevant experience * Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience * Demonstrated leadership and ability to drive projects with diverse teams in a manufacturing environment * Able to work under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines * Extensive experience with Excel Macros (VBA a plus) * Experience with automated/semi-automated manufacturing lines and robotics is a plus * Distinguishing experiences/skills: 2D CAD, Revit, lean manufacturing, work measurement, analytics (SQL, Tableau), discrete event simulation (FlexSIM), operations research, lean manufacturing, scale manufacturing experience, MOST,Modapts * Ability to self-manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines * Exemplary verbal and written communication skills Compensation and BenefitsBenefitsAlong 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
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