Craftsmanship Engineer

Join Vehicle Engineering in Berlin to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy where you will help design the next generation of cutting-edge automotive products for Tesla.

Craftsmanship is the perception of quality that a customer has about a product, derived through sight, touch, sound, and scent. The Tesla Craftsmanship team is responsible for ensuring that the design of Tesla products is optimized so they are utterly compelling in the store and provide a faultless experience during use. At the early stages we work with the Product Management teams to quantify the required product content, the Design Studio to identify and resolve any issues relating to the concept, the Engineering and Dimensional teams to develop achievable, world-class gap and flush targets, and the Manufacturing and Quality teams to identify and prioritize issues during pre-production and launch.

• Ownership of Craftsmanship attribute deliverables for defined vehicle systems or areas
• Benchmarking of competitor vehicles and consolidating data to define a robust and appropriately competitive Craftsmanship target
• Creation and development of gap and flush control documents and ownership of target to process delivery alignment. Creation and development of Craftsmanship sensory targets that deliver a world-class user experience, beyond gap and flush conditions
• Representation of the Craftsmanship attribute at all relevant meetings with the product design and development activities
• Development of verification testing methods to ensure all targets are validated
• Driving closure of Craftsmanship issues through negotiation, quantitative data, influence, and constructive alternative solution suggestion
• Supporting the craftsmanship deliverables through to development/engineering sign-off of the vehicle. Supporting the quality functions to ensure targets are appropriately understood and measurable