What you'll do
- Perform material handling and operate materials synthesis equipment such as shear mixers, ball mills, muffle furnaces, and tube furnaces
- Perform wet chemistry techniques including agitation, filtration, and solvent evaporation
- Conduct ceramic fabrication processes such as slurry mixing and thermal processing
- Operate ceramic material testing equipment for routine performance evaluation
- Identify and report anomalies in samples, processes, or test results to engineers
- Maintain lab equipment and supplies, ensuring a clean and organized work environment
Key requirements
- Material handling and materials synthesis equipment operation
- Wet chemistry techniques including agitation, filtration, and solvent evaporation
- Ceramic fabrication processes including slurry mixing and thermal processing
- Ceramic material testing experience
- Anomaly identification in experiments and reporting
- Lab equipment maintenance and working in glove box environments
- Handling fine powders and maintaining sample integrity
- Understanding physics and chemistry of ceramic materials
- Industrial Engineering
About the job
Tesla is seeking a Lab / Engineering Technician to join our ceramic material team. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for pilot- and semi-pilot-scale material handling, synthesis, and testing. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, the ability to identify anomalies during experiments, adaptability in modifying test plans as needed. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technicians to develop cutting-edge technologies that support sustainable transportation, energy storage, and generation.
Τι θα κάνετε
Perform material handling and operate materials synthesis equipment such as shear mixers, ball mills, muffle furnaces, and tube furnaces
Perform wet chemistry techniques including agitation, filtration, and solvent evaporation
Conduct ceramic fabrication processes: slurry mixing, thermal processing
Operate ceramic material testing equipment for routine performance evaluation
Identify and report anomalies in samples, processes, or test results to engineers
Maintain lab equipment and supplies, ensuring a clean and organized work environment
Τι θα έχετε μαζί σας
Hands-on experience with ceramic material synthesis
Familiarity with handling fine powders and maintaining sample integrity
Understanding of the physics and chemistry relevant to ceramic materials
Experience working in glove box environments
Ideally hold a high school dipmloma, or equivalent in related industry
About the company
Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. With global temperatures rising, the faster we free ourselves from fossil fuel reliance and achieve a zero-emission future, the better.
In pursuit of this mission, we make electric vehicles that are not just great EVs, but the best cars, period. We also produce and install infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products that help our customers further decrease their environmental impact. When it comes to achieving our goals, we pride ourselves in accomplishing what others deem impossible.
We are opening new factories and increasing our output everyday – join us in building a sustainable future.
About the company
Our mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. With global temperatures rising, the faster we free ourselves from fossil fuel reliance and achieve a zero-emission future, the better.
In pursuit of this mission, we make electric vehicles that are not just great EVs, but the best cars, period. We also produce and install infinitely scalable clean energy generation and storage products that help our customers further decrease their environmental impact. When it comes to achieving our goals, we pride ourselves in accomplishing what others deem impossible.
We are opening new factories and increasing our output everyday – join us in building a sustainable future.