Sustaining Mechanical Design Engineer, HV Battery Module & Pack, Battery Engineering - Palo Alto [248877]

$109,600 - $195,600 yearly

Job Description

As a Sustaining Engineer on Tesla’s HV Battery Design Engineering Team (based in Palo Alto, CA or Reno, NV), you will be the design point of contact responsible for continuously improving our vehicle batteries currently in production. Your scope includes all structural, thermal, electrical, and sensing components required to make a large battery out of hundreds of cells. The sustaining role is about continually improving the product, launching new product variants, helping reinforce our supply chain (qualifying alternative materials/suppliers) and directly participate in factory capacity expansion efforts.

The Role

  • Become first design point of contact responsible for all batteries found in all Tesla vehicles (Models 3/Y/Cybertruck) across multiple cell types
  • Fully understand the battery design, and the manufacturing systems that build it (factory process and equipment)
  • Launch new battery variants based on existing architectures (higher/lower energy packs)
  • Collaborate with Manufacturing, Process, and Quality to cut-over product improvements
  • Work with field quality and reliability to translate field failures into actionable part design changes, driving warranty improvements
  • Participate in battery teardowns for field and factory failures
  • Participate in design reviews and change control process
  • BOM changes, design revisions, scrappy bench-tests
  • Own product improvements (cost, complexity reductions) and refine product specifications
  • Visit suppliers for part qualifications, design change reviews, line audits, etc.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the year to different Tesla factories & offices as well as suppliers
  • Full-time industry experience in battery or high-volume product manufacturing environments
  • Strong Engineering fundamentals in heat transfer, electrical, mechanics, and basic electronics
Anthony Antonucci

Qualifications

Relevant experience in Engineering & Information Technology; strong problem-solving skills; commitment to Tesla mission.

Immediate Fill

No