What to ExpectThe Tesla Energy Applications team is looking for a passionate engineer to help Tesla facilitate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.  As a key technical member of the cross-functional Applications Engineering team within the Energy Projects group, you will be critical to Tesla’s mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy by helping integrate renewable generation and battery storage into utility power systems and off-grid facilities.  What You’ll Do

Provide technical
expertise on industrial control interfaces and communication protocols for
the implementation of new features in Tesla’s commercial and utility
storage offering
Advise, scope and
support development of monitoring and control interfaces for utility and
commercial/industrial battery projects
Collect input from
a diverse group of stakeholders (customer, sales, service, firmware,
hardware, etc.) and distill into clear requirement for software and
firmware development teams
Drive internal
validation and field pilots for newly developed features 
Work closely with
software development teams to resolve any issues that arise during
implementation
Develop tools to
facilitate scaling of Tesla’s commercial and utility energy storage
deployments 
Develop internal
and external technical documentation to educate customers and adjacent
teams about newly deployed functionalities
Create tools and
trainings that empower Tesla technical support and service teams to
troubleshoot issues related to subject matter expertise
Support assessment
of new applications relating to subject matter expertise that arise in the
sales process 

What You’ll BringEnergy industry experience with generation monitoring and controlExpertise with SCADA communication protocols and computer interfaces: e.g. Modbus, DNP3, local historian integrationDegree in an Engineering discipline and 3-5 years of relevant work experience or equivalent experienceDemonstrated application of analysis, design, and testing to solve complex engineering problemsStrong knowledge of engineering fundamentals – mechanical, electrical, and thermal is expectedKnowledge of at least one relevant programming language: Rust, Golang, Python, etc.Technical and hands on experience with battery storage systems and PV inverters

Palo Alto, California

Full time