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Presentation at Chabot College ENGR-10 - Intro to Engineering 25-Apr-2013 by Marc Gagnon. Before we get started. Agenda. 1- Tesla 2- Elon 3- How I got here 4 - My job. Tesla. Tesla Motors
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Presentation at Chabot CollegeENGR-10 - Intro to Engineering25-Apr-2013by Marc Gagnon
Agenda 1- Tesla 2- Elon 3- How I got here 4- My job
Tesla Tesla Motors Designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components for other OEMs Headquarters: Palo Alto Main Factory: Fremont Employees: 2,964 (December 2012)
Tesla Tesla Roadster (2008–2012)
Tesla Tesla Model S (2012–present)
Tesla Tesla Model S (2012–present)
Elon The man behind the story
How I got here Internships: Bombardier Pratt & Whitney Bell Helicopter MDA Internship MTU, Germany ETS, B.Eng. Montreal, Canada Semester abroad Valenciennes, France Semester abroad SJSU Honda R&D Ohio, 4 years
My job Role: Design Engineer
My job My office
My job My desk
My job Document engineering changes
My job Document engineering changes
My job Updating: BOM Cost Mass Material …
My job Create and update CAD models in CATIA v5
My job Support manufacturing Body in White General Assembly
My job Anything else that needs to happen, really !
My job CAE Validation
Conclusion What it takes to be a successful engineer: Determination: be ultra hardcore Teamwork: don’t be an a* Internships, student competitions, semesters abroad: try different things, gain experience and find something you like !
Thanks for listening ! Email: mgagnon@teslamotors.com