高级热塑性材料工程师 Sr. Materials Engineer, thermoplastic

Job description

The mission of Tesla Materials Engineering organization is to deliver new materials and manufacturing processes that revolutionize Tesla’s products. THE ROLE The team is seeking a Polymer Materials Engineer who can devote the efforts into “Engineering Materials”. This role will be representing Tesla Materials Engineering in China for innovative material/process development. This role will cover polymeric materials and have a special focus on soft trim development and thermoplastic.

This role will reside at the Tesla factory in Shanghai.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• You should have a solid understanding of polymer materials development, characterization, and application, and proficient in designing material structure synthesis/polymerization experiments. You are expected to design and assemble philosophy independently.
• Leading specific soft trims (artificial leather, textiles, carpeting, et al) and other thermoplastic materials innovation, development and launch.
• Support on-going material application processes for soft trim from work with design engineering, Tier1 and material supplier to ensure solution is robust and optimized.
• Lead process validation for new processes (extrusion, mold injection... etc).
• Develop new material strategies for both soft trim and thermoplastic materials.
• Represent Tesla at local material suppliers in China.
• Manage soft trim / thermoplastic material approvals for local material suppliers in China.

REQUIREMENTS

• Polymer or Materials Engineering degree. Advanced degrees are nice but equivalent work experience can be as or more valuable.
• Solid background and knowledge in various material properties and process-structure-properties understanding. Proficient in basic theoretical knowledge (Thermodynamics, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics…etc.).
• Familiar with material structure/performance analysis or characterization equipment operation principles, familiar with how to process data, covering fields including but not limited to structure, thermodynamics, chromatography, mechanics, apparent properties… etc.
• 5 years + experience working with soft trim and thermal plastic material development.
• Hands-on experience with standard analytical tools (FTIR, DSC, Rheometry, DMA, etc.).
• Strong communication and organizational skills with ability to manage projects independently.
• Good communication and presentation abilities.