Engineering Technician - Manufacturing Test Engineering

1 Day ago • 2 Years + • Manufacturing • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Tesla seeks a driven Engineering Technician to support the design and fabrication of manufacturing test equipment at their Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg. Responsibilities include building electrical cabinets and mechanical/automation systems, validating Tesla product functionality on production lines (Supercharging, Battery Packs, etc.), collaborating with engineers, creating best-practice documentation, and troubleshooting test systems. This one-year fixed-term position requires experience in building electrical cabinets and mechanical automation systems, strong electrical system understanding, proficiency in reading schematics, and experience with various hand and power tools and measurement instrumentation.

Must have:

Completed vocational education (Electrical/Mechatronics Technician)
2+ years building electrical cabinets and automation systems
Strong understanding of electrical systems and troubleshooting
Proficiency in reading and interpreting schematics and diagrams
Experience with wiring tools, measurement instrumentation, and power distribution hardware

Good to have:

Experience designing electrical schematics on EPLAN
Understanding of mechanical assembly design, machining, 3D printing, laser cutting

What to Expect

Tesla is a fast-moving and constantly innovating company. We design and manufacture advanced electric vehicles, battery packs, drive systems and energy products that are changing the future of transportation and sustainable energy. We are building technically strong, fast-moving teams that pride themselves on superior execution.

We are looking for a highly driven technician to support the design and fabrication of manufacturing test equipment. As part of the manufacturing test team, you will be building electrical cabinets and mechanical and automation systems that validate functionality of a variety of Tesla products on production lines (Supercharging, Battery Packs, Drive Systems, Power Electronic Products...). The role involves working closely with the engineers designing the test equipment to bring it from schematics to fully ramped machine on the production line. This position is fixed-term for one year.

What You’ll Do

Building and wiring electrical cabinets and harnesses following design schematics
Fabrication of mechanical and automation systems for the test equipment
Attending design review with electrical and mechanical engineers to provide design recommendations for best practices on machine fabrication
Creating best practices documentation for high quality machine builds and safe work standards
Validate, integrate, deploy and troubleshoot test systems on the production line
Workshop management to ensure availability of the tools, inventory and an effective workspace

What You’ll Bring

Completed vocational education as Electrical Technician, Mechatronics Technician or equivalent
2 years + of experience working on building electrical cabinets and mechanical automation systems
Good fundamental understanding of electrical systems and how to troubleshoot them
Strong experience with reading and interpreting electrical schematics and circuits, wiring diagrams and harness drawings
Ability to operate and maintain a wide variety of hand and power tools, and lap equipment
Experience using wiring tools such as crimpers, wire splicing, soldering, pin extraction tools
Experience with measurement instrumentation & power distribution hardware (oscilloscope, multimeters, power supplies, transfomers...)
Ability to communicate in English in a work environment is a must
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to remain engaged, proactive and positive in challenging circumstances, as well as to take full reponsibility for assigned tasks and their success

Preferred:

Experience in designing electrical schematics on EPLAN is a big plus
Understanding of mechanical assembly design, machining, 3D printing, laser cutting equipment are preferred

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