Sr. Systems Engineer, Residential Energy Storage Products

About the role

Sr. Systems Engineer, Residential Energy Storage Products | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 272632 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla Energy is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy through a rapidly growing fleet of residential solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and charging systems deployed across hundreds of thousands of homes globally. Our distributed network generates terabytes of real-time telemetry data daily, creating an unparalleled opportunity to understand real-world hardware performance at scale.

We are seeking a Systems Engineer to own the end-to-end product lifecycle for our residential energy storage and battery systems. You will be the technical bridge between fleet data, field failures, and engineering teams, diagnosing complex failure modes, leading root cause investigations, and driving corrective actions that improve performance for hundreds of thousands of customers.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role with direct visibility to senior leadership. You'll work across the full stack: interpreting telemetry and debugging hardware in the field, writing Python scripts that analyze fleet-wide failure patterns and leveraging AI tools to accelerate diagnostics and documentation.

As the owner of fleet health from a product performance perspective, you'll help shape the future of Tesla's residential energy hardware.

What You'll Do

• Product Ownership: Serve as the primary technical point of contact and subject matter expert for residential battery and energy storage products, systems, and subsystems. Develop algorithms, procedures, guidelines, and technical documentation to enable cross-functional teams
• Complex Problem Solving: Investigate challenging product and system issues using first-principles analysis to identify root causes. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to develop and deploy firmware and hardware solutions, then measure the efficacy of implemented fixes
• Diagnostic Development and Ownership: Develop, own, and maintain all service diagnostics for global residential energy products. Automate diagnostics to enable deployment at scale across the fleet
• Fleet health Management: Define and monitor fleet reliability KPIs and battery performance metrics to maintain optimal fleet health. Use SQL and Python (NumPy, Pandas, or similar) to query fleet logs, proactively identify systemic performance gaps, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Executive Reporting: Author regular technical reports summarizing failure trends, countermeasure effectiveness, and actionable insights. Communicate complex technical findings clearly and concisely to executive leadership
• AI & Advanced Tooling: Leverage AI-powered tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate code generation, test automation, documentation development, and diagnostic reasoning

What You'll Bring

• Degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent experience
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in SQL and Python for large-scale data analysis
• Experience with power electronics, electrical design, or failure analysis on products involving power converters, inverters, or control systems
• Proven hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes) to troubleshoot and debug hardware
• Demonstrated experience with AI/LLM tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar) in engineering workflows to accelerate coding, debugging, documentation, and problem-solving
• Experience leading or participating in 8D or similar structured failure analysis processes, from identification through countermeasure implementation and monitoring
• Experience with reliability engineering methodologies (FMEA, DFMEA, FTA) and statistical analysis of fleet/field data to identify failure modes, evaluate product reliability, and drive improvements in battery systems or power electronics
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to produce clear, concise written documentation
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
• Work travel is expected to be <5% in this job. This could include traveling to lab sites, customer sites, our manufacturing facilities, etc.

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$120,000 - $288,000/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.