What to Expect

The Tesla Energy Products team is bringing Battery, Solar V2X and Charging 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 residential product 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
Owns system architecture design and product specifications Tesla Energy Products such as Powerwall, Solar Inverter, Vehicle-2-Grid (V2G), Vehicle-to-Home (V2H), Vehicle-to-Load (V2L), Gateways and Home Charging through physics-based fundamental principles analysis, modeling and system-level thinking
Owns development of system requirements, distributes function and performance to components within systems, defines system hardware and software architecture, defines electrical, mechanical, and communication interfaces for components to meet those goals
Supports definition of system hardware and software architecture optimization
Collaborate directly with design, integration, compliance, reliability, product, and service teams for system architecture and design development
Defines electrical, mechanical, and communication interfaces for components
Develops system models comprising cell, battery, power electronics, thermals, and control models
Captures requirements in a formal management tool
Leads and contribute to cross-functional design reviews for development efforts
Works directly with system test team for system test plan development and validation of system design requirements
What You’ll Bring
Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics or equivalent experience
Fundamentals in solar, power electronic or battery technology
Exposure to system level architectures comprising electrical, thermal, mechanical and FW/SW sub-systems
Fluency in Matlab / Simulink
Specification definition (performance, functional, dimensional, manufacturing)
Ability to generate and interpret simulation results and integrate recommendations into product designs
Detail-oriented personality with effective documentation and reporting skills.
Experience solving open-ended engineering problems
Motivated, active collaborator
Solid engineering fundamentals – electrical, mechanical or thermal

Palo Alto, California

Full time