Ergonomist
Job Category
Environmental, Health, Safety & Security
Location
Fremont, California
Req. ID
232507
Job Type
Full-time
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What to Expect What You’ll Do What You’ll Bring
The Ergonomist as a member of the Ergonomics manufacturing shared services team based at the Fremont Factory, focuses on setting the right conditions of work – from hiring and training to manufacturing and production – such that all Tesla employees can achieve and sustain healthy, high-performance work. What does this mean? It means this individual is not content with just eliminating the risk of injury but goes further to help ensure healthy, high human performance is “designed-in” to the human-work system. This individual will support the management of change, advocates the designing-in of work system feedback loops, works to accommodate a wide range of people both physically and mentally, and design ways to build fatigue recovery into all human-based work. This individual also pays particular attention to the interaction of humans and automated equipment including robots.
The Ergonomist is expected to properly apply semi-quantitative and advanced risk assessment tools with a high degree of proficiency, demonstrate a clear understanding of function allocation (in the context of job design), and have a polished comfort in both facilitating gemba problem-solving and building ergonomics competency in others. In addition, this individual will be expected to communicate recommendations brightly and briefly to employees at all levels in the company. Ability to provide support on multiple sites within the Bay Area needed.
- Through gemba and rigorous problem-solving, collaboratively design workplace solutions to support lean manufacturing engineering improvement with a high focus on human work-task interaction
- Connect with Production, Engineering, Operations, Facilities, Workplace, Human Resources and other Tesla support teams to evaluate, and change if necessary, new product/ process/ facility designs to ensure both routine and non-routine human work results in healthy, high performance (e.g., perform digital human modelling of facility, workstation, product and process to solve for human performance and reduce physical injury risk)
- Perform ergonomics and equipment safety risk assessments and facilitate the design of solutions such that human performance risk is reduced as much as feasible (management of change) for existing product design, process design, equipment and facility
- Measuring physical task parameters (using tape measure, scales, stopwatch, & force gauges
- Evaluate, amend, and set into place manufacturing work standards and instructions to ensure best ergonomics work-practices are contained within and demonstrated
- Participate, leading on occasion, incident analysis to determine and make visible injury and near hit root causes, including corrective and preventative fixes, following the hierarchy of controls, to prevent incident reoccurrence
- Recommend changes in policies, procedures, work environment and equipment to prevent incidents and illnesses and to overall enable healthy human high performance; and coach/ mentor/ train others in ergonomics engineering and work system safety design
- Degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, Ergonomics, Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent experience
- Associate Ergonomics Professional (AEP) certification through the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) or equivalent work experienced preferred
- 2-3 year of experience or equivalent in a similar manufacturing/industrial environment; automotive manufacturing/assembly experience preferred
- A building comfort troubleshooting equipment design to prevent acute safety injuries (i.e., understands stopping distances, physical guarding impacts, energy control, etc.)
- An understanding of lean manufacturing concepts and awareness of ergonomics and Digital Human Modelling
- Experience with the development and implementation, including delivery, of training and education
- A capability in delivering quality 5Why and Fishbone (6M) problem-solving
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
$80,000 - $156,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- LGBTQ+ care concierge services
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Expected Compensation
$80,000 - $156,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
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 with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.