Hao Xu

About Hao Xu

Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 10 years of experience in the automotive industry. Expertise in exposure and risk assessment, control implementation, performance standard execution, and statistical data analysis. Strong background in hazard recognition, chemical safety, environmental engineering, and talent development. Holds dual master’s degrees in Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Experience

1. Staff Industrial Hygienist

   Tesla

   Oct 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Lead comprehensive qualitative and quantitative exposure assessments for employees across 12M sq. ft of vehicle manufacturing operations, including casting, melting center, stamping, body, paint, general assembly, plastic paint, plastic molding, drive unit, battery, die, end of line, and quality shops for both Model Y, Cyber Truck, and CyberCab programs.• Conduct industrial hygiene evaluations for new manufacturing processes and materials of the Cyber Cab program, identifying and mitigating risks during the design phase. • Identify and lead implementation of control measures to reduce critical exposure risks in casting, cyber body, production control maintenance, and die shops. • Provide industrial hygiene expertise and data analysis to senior shop leadership, influencing critical operational and safety decisions. • Partner with manufacture engineering team to justify and secure $1.6M funding for engineering control improvements. • Define control performance requirements in quotation and serve as key reviewer for vendor selection and design validation. • Recommend practical and sustainable exposure control measures for interim high-risk processes.• Optimized safety design by removing unnecessary ventilation, nitrogen blanketing, and air scrubber systems, saving $20K in design and installation costs and over $1M in potential operational expenses.• Develop and launch the Giga Texas hexavalent chromium exposure control program, establishing a new internal benchmark for hexavalent chromium risk management.• Support hiring and mentor EHS talents, strengthening the team’s expertise pipeline. • Develop hazard communication training content for all vehicle shops.• Oversee chemical reviews across all vehicle shops. • Lead global collaboration with Tesla Shanghai and Berlin teams to analyze existing casting ventilation system performance and share lessons learned.

Education

• University of Science and Technology Beijing

  Bachelor of Engineering, Environmental Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• University of Michigan

  MPH, MS, Industrial Hygiene, Safety Engineering

  2013 — 2015