Sr. Systems Design Engineer, Cell Manufacturing

About the role

Sr. Systems Design Engineer, Cell Manufacturing | Tesla (Manufacturing)

Location: Fremont, California | Req ID: 262835 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

We are seeking an engineer to lead formation development and bring our new cell variant into production. This role focuses on designing a formation strategy that delivers maximum cell quality and performance at minimum factory cost and cycle time.

You will run structured development trials to understand formation fundamentals, evaluate tradeoffs between formation duration and cell performance, and help define the metrics and data requirements needed to validate production readiness. You will play a key role in introducing a new cell variant to production — reducing formation cost and time while ensuring world-class quality and performance.

What You'll Do

• Support factory bring-up activities for the new cell variant — from early development through production ramp
• Design and execute formation development trials to reduce total formation time, minimize cost and equipment utilization, and meet or exceed cell performance and reliability requirements
• Analyze results and determine the optimal balance between formation duration and performance
• Define the critical formation quality metrics and propose how these metrics should be calculated, extracted, and integrated into the formation workflow
• Translate experimental learnings into actionable formation recipes and process specifications
• Partner with cell engineering, equipment, data, and quality teams to ensure a smooth handoff into high-volume manufacturing
• Use battery modeling and simulation to support hypothesis development and guide experimentation

What You'll Bring

• Experience working with cell formation, electrochemistry, or cell performance testing
• Strong data analysis and ability to interpret time-series and performance data
• Ability to design experiments, manage test execution, and consolidate results into clear recommendations
• Familiarity with Python or similar tools for data analysis
• Battery physics and/or empirical modeling or simulation experience

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$91,600 - $195,600/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.