Battery System Design & Architecture Engineer, Energy Products

About the role

Battery System Design & Architecture Engineer, Energy Products | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 284700 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

The Tesla Energy Products team is bringing battery and solar technology to the grid to facilitate a renewable energy ecosystem and redefine the way the world will use energy in the future. As part of the Systems & Architecture team, you are the design leadership that defines and leads Tesla’s strategy to meet those goals by leveraging your physics fundamentals, systems optimization thinking, simulation tools and common sense.

This role involves collaboration with designers, engineering, manufacturing, sales and finance and requires the ability to distill highly technical information and effectively communicate with other teams and management. Our team is small, committed, fast moving and we believe a diverse team of motivated individuals can accomplish almost anything. We are problem solvers, team players and game changers.

If this sounds like you, Tesla just might be the place to make your mark.

What You'll Do

• Own Battery system requirements for Megapack and Powerwall
• Conduct architectural trade-off studies to evaluate feasibility of different cell technologies
• Work with internal and external cell, pack, reliability, and manufacturing engineers to drive battery system requirements development, design, validation and testing
• Define battery design requirements such as: energy, efficiency, power, voltage, temperature, heat generation, lifetime, safety, sensing and cell balancing
• Capture requirements in a formal specification management tool
• Develop electro-thermal models to evaluate performance capability of batteries
• Support with development of battery algorithms

What You'll Bring

• Systems-level thinker with evidence of driving product design optimization across products, disciplines, and teams
• Experience with energy storage cells, modules and packs
• Requirements definition (performance, functional, dimensional, manufacturing)
• Experience defining test plans, designing test setups, and analyzing data
• Detail-oriented personality with effective documentation and reporting skills
• Experience solving open-ended engineering problems
• Motivated, active collaborator
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or equivalent experience
• Solid engineering fundamentals – electrical, mechanical and thermal
• Fundamentals in battery technology and energy storage systems

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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation$128,000 - $264,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.