Description
Position Description:
The Systems Technician is a member of the Powertrain Test Group, which is part of the Powertrain Manufacturing Operations.
- He/she will support the development, implementation and application of Tesla internal test and validation plans and methods for various automotive systems and components.
- The ideal candidate has a proven record of success in the setup and conduction/monitoring of component or system level tests in an automotive engineering/manufacturing environment.
- He/she must have a broad technical background with the ability to work with engineering, manufacturing and quality personnel across a wide variety of tasks.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills are a requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla.
- The successful candidate for this position takes pride in his/her abilities, organization skills and attention to detail.
- He/she appreciates an environment where superior work is encouraged, noticed and rewarded.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provide daily production and maintenance support in troubleshooting test system issues.
- Build/assemble and setup test/validation equipment and fixtures.
- Modification of existing or fabrication of new equipment and fixtures as required.
- Install electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic circuitry and controls or data circuits.
- Installation and use of data acquisition equipment and other instrumentation.
- Maintain test/validation equipment.
Qualifications/Skills:
- Associates Degree in Engineering or Automotive Technology from an accredited institution or Automotive OEM Test Technician Training or equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability.
- 5+ years of experience working in an engineering development environment.
- 3+ years of experience in a Test Technician Role.
- Analytical problem solving skills.
- Familiar with Automated test Equipment (ATE) such as AC/DC power supplies, Hipot Meter, Agilent DAQ/DMM, NI-cDAQ (analog and digital signal).
- Familiar with LabVIEW/Teststand and MySQL database.
- Able to understand schematic, mechanical drawing.
- Good understanding of RS232 or GPIB communication.
- Experience with a variety of test validation methods.
- Experience in the use of a broad variety of test, control and data acquisition equipment and software (i.e. Lab View, MatLab).
- Experience maintaining test logs and documentation.
- Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines.
- Remain engaged, proactive and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for their success.
- Maintain flexibility and adaptability to changing priorities and assignments, coping with rapidly changing information.
- Work efficiently and productively in independent and team settings.
- Communicate clearly using excellent written and verbal skills.
- Strong organization skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Experience with common MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).