Sr. Reliability Engineer, Energy Products - Palo Alto [279946]

$91,600 - $195,600 yearly

Job Description

As a Senior Engineer in the Reliability Lab, you will play a key role in enabling robust hardware development by leading advanced characterization, inspection, and root cause analysis activities across Tesla Energy and Charging products informs engineering decisions throughout the product lifecycle. This role is strongly lab-centric and spans material-, component-, and sub-system-level characterization to understand hardware behavior, degradation, and failure mechanisms observed during design validation and reliability testing.

You will apply deep experimental expertise in materials characterization, thermal analysis, microscopy, and non-destructive & destructive analysis for targeted characterization workflows, diagnose complex issues, and translate physical evidence into defensible technical conclusions and risk insights that inform design decisions and mitigation strategies.

The Role

  • Lead material, component, and system-level characterization, inspection, and root cause analysis activities for energy, charging, and battery-related hardware
  • Design and execute characterization and inspection workflows to identify signs of degradation for diagnostics and prognostics of new products design during the development phase
  • Correlate electrical, mechanical, thermal, and materials data to observed behaviors and failure signatures; and provide clear, evidence-based conclusions and actionable insights to cross-functional teams tosupport material selection, design iterations, and process improvements
  • Develop innovative investigation methods, refine, and standardize lab characterization and inspection procedure
  • Maintain a safe, organized, and efficient laboratory environment following safety and 5S best practices

Requirements

  • Degree Materials Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics, Chemistry, or a closely related field; or equivalent experience
Anthony Antonucci

Qualifications

Relevant experience in Energy Engineering; strong problem-solving skills; commitment to Tesla mission.

Immediate Fill

No