Process Controls Engineer, Lithium Refinery

Process Controls Engineer, Lithium Refinery Tesla Motors, Inc. paid holidays, flex time, 401(k) United States, Texas, Robstown Mar 17, 2026
What to Expect
Tesla's in-house Lithium Refinery is located in the greater Corpus Christi area of Texas. This investment is critical to our mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy and represents our efforts to aggressively increase the supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide available in North America. As the Process Controls Engineer, you willwork closely with the production and design teams to specify, configure, and optimize chemical production process control systems and equipment. What You'll Do
Develop and configure DCS and PLC logic and modify existing logic to optimize product quality, yield, throughput, process stability, and lower OpEx costs
Develop and configure new operator displays and update existing displays to improve overall usability, intuitive navigation, and operator effectiveness
Apply advanced regulatory control strategies and DCS-based model predictive control technology to solve complex process control issues
Work collaboratively with Operations, Process Engineers, and other Process Control Engineers to ensure that control strategies are functioning as designed and are achievingproductivity and material quality targets
Troubleshoot process control issues and work with Operations and Maintenance teams to assist them in troubleshooting efforts
Own plant wide control loop tuning and equipment/unit optimization
Drive standardization, common approaches, and employ RAGAGEP across our Integrated Controls System assets. Close collaboration is expected with OT, IT, EH&S, and Reliability Engineering What You'll Bring
7+ years as a process controls engineer in a chemical process design or production environment, with demonstrated experience in production supportand optimization
Experienceparticipating inprocess hazard reviews andHAZOPs
Demonstrated experience configuring DCS advanced regulatory control using function block programming
Demonstrated excellence in programming Emerson DeltaV
Demonstrated experience developing operator displays and intuitive graphics navigation that conform to ASM consortium guidelines
Advanced proficiency with process loop tuning using proven methods Compensation and Benefits
Benefits Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire: Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
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 (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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