Staff Mechanical Integration Engineer, Energy Products

To ensure Tesla’s overall mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, mechanical, test, and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy the world best charging systems and grid connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility levels.

Tesla Energy is looking for an experienced Mechanical Engineer who is passionate about integration of hardware and mechanical design to drive the world’s transition to a sustainable future. We emphasize collaboration in our work, and always encourage each other to have fun while we change the world together.

• Lead mechanical integration and validation across multiple teams, including component level and full system validation
• Drive the comprehensive mechanical test plan and decompose it to component testing, system level validation, and pilot runs
• Key owner of the product hardware readiness checklist for start of production, OK-to-ship, and product launch
• Lead DFMEA as part of the product design, integration, and test process
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure functional, performance and safety requirements are successfully achieved
• Support failure analysis to understand root cause and drive resolution for hardware failures originating in component and full system validation
• Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct and accurate feedback to design owners
• Hands-on with hardware bring up and prototyping
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in hardware integration, enclosure design, busbar design, and battery design/testing
• Strong understanding mechanical engineering fundamentals with some electrical engineering background
• Understanding of hardware development process
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills, able to identify and surface issues within complex hardware systems
• Proficiency with hardware testing, lab tools, and equipment
• Effective communicator and excellent attention to detail
• Preferred: Previous work in the energy storage or electric vehicle charging industry
• Preferred: Experience with batteries, power electronics, and/or renewable energy products
• Preferred: Experience working on high voltage/high power systems