Associate Process Engineer, Production Planning, Semi

What to Expect The Associate Process Engineer, Production Planning, helps remove waste in the production planning process and supports longer-term gains in demand forecasting, execution, and system capability. You work with other teams to introduce and sustain the planning workflow, including the value stream from demand generation through execution, sequencing, and ERP. You help improve the checks and the planning tools that make that workflow hold. You do not write the data-structure pipeline. You support review boards and audit the signals the execution system runs on. You work with equipment, process, systems, and analytics so information moves cleanly, and with design, test, manufacturing, and quality to fix a problem and keep the plan manufacturable. You help hold the process through cost and efficiency improvements, and you help quality and analytics set the limits used in a planning spec. An experienced process owner leads this work. What You'll Do Build expertise in the production planning process. Help improve the value stream and the planning layout for demand flow, system integration, and efficiency. Support process analysis, PFMEA, sequencing balance, and capacity modeling Support the move from an initial forecast to full-scale execution. Help ramp the accuracy and throughput of a new plan toward full capacity, and hold safety and customer demand through that ramp Support continuous improvement on planning yield, capacity, and capability. Help run baselines, PFMEA, and root cause so a planning or execution issue is found before it repeats Help diagnose issues in demand generation and sequencing, and push the corrective action back to the source, including SIE and SQE. Use DMAIC, Ishikawa, Five Whys, and 8D Support the process owner with production, maintenance, design, quality, and manufacturing. Pull ERP and factory data to find a bottleneck and reduce cost Use data collection, visualization, and analysis so a planning decision is based on the data. SQL, Python, JMP, Minitab, Tableau, and Ignition are useful. They are not required on day one Help test a new demand signal and a new planning process, and challenge the limit on a high-volume sequence, with an experienced owner Help put control into the process: a poka-yoke, a check, an inspection suited to ERP and sequencing, and the planning instruction and routing that go with it Help train production controllers, and operators when needed. Document the sustaining step and the rework path so day-to-day coverage is not one person. You do not manage that team, and you do not write the data-structure pipeline What You'll Bring 0–1 years in a production environment. Internships, co-ops, and school projects count. High-volume manufacturing experience is preferred. Able to work under pressure, improve a planning workflow, and keep it moving Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience Relevant certifications, such as APICS or Six Sigma, or data analysis tools such as SQL or Python, are a plus but not mandatory. JMP, Minitab, Tableau, Ignition, Warp, MRP, and practical use of SI are also a plus Strong problem-solving abilities, familiarity with lean manufacturing principles, including DMAIC, PFMEA, Five Whys, Ishikawa, and 8D, and a data-driven approach to troubleshooting a planning workflow in Excel or from an ERP or factory system. Able to tell a feasible plan from a paper plan. Excellent communication across design, quality, factory, and systems Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals wi…

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