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Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Flexible Printed Circuits

Tesla

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Skills

Required

  • Printed Circuits / Rigid-Flex / Conductive Trace Printing
  • FPC
  • APQP
  • PPAP
  • Electrical
  • FPC manufacturing
  • managing FPC suppliers
  • quality tools
  • SPC
  • control charts
  • pareto analysis

Preferred

  • Tesla’s
  • FPC supplier fabrication
  • Conduct FPC supplier audits
  • assess suppliers
  • root cause analysis

Responsibilities

  • Support with Design for Manufacturing (DFM) based on FPC supplier fabrication limitations and guide Design Engineers to optimize FPC layouts and designs
  • Define and maintain FPC specifications, criteria, and reliability standards to improve supplier performance for incumbent and new FPC suppliers
  • Review and define APQP/PPAP requirements as the primary owner and approver of downstream FPC and rigid-flex suppliers
  • Conduct FPC supplier audits and support with the development of additional audit criteria to assess suppliers to meet Tesla’s high standard of quality
  • Drive FPC suppliers on quality issues and field escalations based on root cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Support negotiations 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 new and innovative process, materials, design and new technologies

Requirements

  • Degree or relevant experience in Electrical, Mechanical, and Chemical Engineering
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with FPC manufacturing or industrializing and managing FPC suppliers
  • Subject Matter Expert on Flexible Printed Circuits, Rigid-Flex, or Conductive Trace Printing on Flexible Polymer materials
  • 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 FPC panel design, and material vs cost vs capacity
  • Strong understanding of roll-to-roll drilling, plating, DES, lamination, cover lay alignment, PI/FR4 attach, and e-test
  • Solid technical knowledge of the FPC Assembly manufacturing process
  • International travel is required to engage with manufacturing partners, sometimes on short notice

Benefits

  • In addition to a competitive compensation package, Tesla Singapore is pleased to offer the following benefits for employees:
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Access to Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellbeing Resources
  • Employee Vehicle Purchase Program
  • Model 3 Experience Program
  • Employee Merchandise Discounts
  • Celebratory Gifts for Special Occasions
  • Employee Referral Program
  • The Company reserves the right to make changes to the Total Rewards benefits without prior notification/approval from the employees, and such benefits may also be subject to terms and conditions determined by the Company.

What to Expect

The FPC Supplier Industrialization Engineer (SIE) is the subject matter expert on FPC and rigid-flex manufacturing processes and fabrication rulesets and will be responsible for supplier audits, qualifications, and supplier selections for all FPCs in Tesla’s electronics portfolio.