Lead Quality Technician
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Compensation and Benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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.
The Lead Quality Technician must have the ability to work with various teams at GFNY including Engineering, Production, and Suppliers across a wide variety of issues/ corrective actions identified during production process. First point of contact for Quality issues on designated Gigafactory New York manufacturing line and support coordination of activities with the opportunity to meaningfully improve the experience of Tesla’s products by improving production quality and reducing field issues.
What You'll Do
- Train, coordinate, and delegate activities of the Quality Technicians as well as leading group discussions online, providing support and guidance to line Quality Technicians while giving visibility to Process, Production, and Manufacturing Engineers
- Leads line to line root cause issues/solutions to increase and maintain quality metrics and performances while work closely with manufacturing and process teams, and suppliers to establish processes and procedures that will ensure consistently high quality
- Ensure Quality Technicians are maintaining, updating, and validating product and quality plans and control plans while also working with Quality Supervisor and Engineers to review audit results to drive corrective action with cross-functional teams
- Revise Quality Key Points (QKP) documents, Quality Instructions, implement, revise, and analyze data collection spreadsheets, and maintain Quality Technician Standard Work documents at the direction of the Quality Engineer
- Assist in the identification and resolution of manufacturing quality issues, contain parts or products as needed, sort parts for quality requirements as well as analyze and interpret high failure product data independently, effectively escalating/root causing fall-out alongside line Quality Technicians
- Direct potential problem preventative action on quality defects based on increased data metric fall-out rates and failed lineside products
What You'll Bring
- Experience with quality systems in a high-volume manufacturing environment & experience in QS-9000, ISO/TS 16949, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA preferred
- Strong aptitude with electronic test and measurement systems
- Proficiency at reading and interpreting mechanical drawings and wiring diagrams
- Ability to lift to 50 lbs as needed (part sorting, material moving, etc.)
- Ability to effectively communicate common issues and defects to leadership and management assisting with solutions
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing practices, 5S, TPS, TQM, etc. highly desired
- Command the english language both written and verbal
Compensation and Benefits
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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
Expected Compensation
- Lead Quality Technician - $33.45 - $40.88/hour
- Lead Quality Technician - $37.32 - $45.62/hour
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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.