Vision Systems Engineer - Cell Engineering

Job Description

<p>Tesla is seeking an experienced Machine Vision Systems Engineer to apply their experience in Machine Vision Inspection Systems to cutting-edge manufacturing equipment and high-speed manufacturing processes. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to Tesla&#8217;s cutting-edge battery cell manufacturing line and to apply innovative automation solutions to equipment for manufacturing of Tesla batteries.</p> <p>This role will invent, develop, scale up and optimize Machine Vision Inspection Systems and methods for battery manufacturing within a cross-functional engineering team. In this role, you will work closely with many organizations both internal and external to Tesla, taking new battery designs from initial concept through into full production.</p> <p>The battery cell is a critical component in Tesla vehicles and storage systems. This role will have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to our products. The work environment is demanding, fast-paced and incredibly exciting. The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join a highly motivated and capable team to make unbelievable things a reality.</p>

Job Responsibilities

• Work as key link between cross functional teams to develop requirements and provide solutions for inline vision inspection systems
• Drive ramp of exciting new products by characterizing baseline vision performance and capability and improve performance as measured by product quality and tool availability
• Ensure manufacturing lines meet uptime, availability, and reliability metrics – OEE, cycle time and quality, have the sense of urgency on resolution of production issues
• Develop best practices to improve vision system reliability
• Vision software and algorithm development and data analysis using programming languages such as C++, C#, Python or HALCON
• Commissioning and calibrating vision systems and MES system integration
• Organize cross-functional design reviews and highlight body of work
• Collaboration with downstream and upstream process teams on vision system validation, data correlation and analysis
• Build request for quotation and manage vendor proposals
• Provide direction and mentorship to third party vendors and Tesla Internal machine building teams

Job Requirements

• Degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience with machine vision systems
• Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and ability to apply them towards manufacturing process development
• Knowledge in selection of cameras, lenses, optics, lighting, and other hardware for image capture and processing
• Knowledge of camera calibration (e.g., pinhole camera model, lens distortion, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Camera Parameters, multi-camera geometry, MTF of imaging system)
• Experience of image processing (e.g., image enhancement, thresholding, morphology, feature extraction, classification)
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and statistical background and ability to understand and explain theory behind vision system algorithms
• Experience in high volume manufacturing is highly desired
• Experience with linescan cameras is highly desired
• Ability to travel