Metrology Technician - Calendering and Laminating

Job Description

<p>Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products have been developed within a few years and successfully launched at scale - made possible only through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency. Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg is establishing Tesla's next chapter in Europe. At the heart of this are our people - their passion, motivation, and engagement drive us toward our goals. We invite you to be part of this journey.</p> <p><b>The role</b></p> <p>The battery cell is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and energy storage systems. Tesla's Production Engineering team is at the forefront of designing cutting-edge electrode production processes and scaling them into mass production. This team operates and develops highly complex, high-precision processes for high volume and high quality. </p> <p>This role focuses on characterization and metrology support for battery electrode manufacturing. This fast-paced team is the perfect environment if you are interested in building diverse skills and making a tangible impact on the future of electric vehicles. You will be a problem solver and an idea contributor - bringing a get-it-done attitude while developing new expertise and growing your career.</p>

Job Responsibilities

• Support engineering with offline and inline metrology-related tasks for electrode manufacturing
• Learn to operate offline metrology equipment and conduct characterization of samples from various manufacturing processes
• Install, maintain, test, and validate offline and inline metrology tools
• Operate various offline metrology equipment in the development stage; conduct measurements, experimental runs, and document and report observations
• Immediately report emergencies, incidents, and near misses to the engineering team
• Support inline tool calibrations, monitor tool health dashboards, report and resolve tool downtime and calibration issues, develop Out of Control Action Plan (OCAP) procedures, and train production and maintenance technicians
• Independently document operating procedures and data in a standard format and cross-train to build competency in multiple work areas
• Conduct analytical tests, measure and record data using defined tools and software
• Participate in the continuous improvement of safety, quality, output, and tool uptime

Job Requirements

• Experience in Outgoing Quality Control (OQC), Incoming Quality Control (IQC), metrology and characterization for battery, semiconductor, optics, or small-scale manufacturing
• Experience with troubleshooting manufacturing and metrology equipment
• Ability to document processes and procedures for manufacturing, maintenance, and quality
• Ability to operate various manufacturing or assembly equipment
• Ability to analyze process data and summarize results
• Experience with specific metrology tools is a plus
• Eagerness to learn new techniques at the development stage
• Hands-on mindset
• Fluent in English; German is a plus