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.

What You'll Do

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

What You'll Bring

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

Supplier Industrialization Engineer, Flexible Printed Circuits