13 jobs found in Palo Alto

Tesla is seeking a skilled Senior Counsel to join our Legal Team, with a focus on infrastructure and capital expenditures (CapEx). This role will play a critical part in supporting domestic and international transactions related to capital equipment procurement. The position involves close collaboration with business teams to navigate negotiations, draft contracts, and drive strategic initiatives, ensuring legal compliance and operational success in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The Role Lead negotiations for commercial agreements, including NDAs, supply agreements, equipment purchases, service contracts, and R&D partnerships Provide legal advice on international trade law, regulatory compliance (e.g., export controls under EAR/ITAR), technology licensing, technology transfer agreements, or IP-intensive transactions Drive cost savings initiatives and implement strategic sourcing best practices Offer guidance on operational transactions, such as joint...

Tesla's Industrial Products team is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own the compliance, safety, and fire protection roadmap across our industrial energy hardware portfolio. As Tesla's energy storage business scales globally and enters new markets and applications, staying ahead of evolving regulatory requirements is critical to market access and customer confidence. This role is responsible for developing strategy, defining requirements, and driving execution to ensure our products meet - and exceed - the standards that matter most to our customers and markets worldwide. The Role Own the compliance, safety, and fire protection roadmap across Industrial Products hardware, including utility-scale battery energy storage systems Monitor, interpret, and translate global regulatory requirements and industry standards into actionable product requirements and development milestones Work closely with hardware engineering, product management, and legal teams...

Tesla is seeking a Senior Counsel, Products to support the sales and service of various products and address related regulatory matters across North and South America. This role involves providing legal advice on Tesla's diverse product portfolio, driving expansion into new markets while ensuring compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and statutory requirements. The position requires close collaboration with local sales, service, registration, policy, and finance teams to maintain compliance with business license and regulatory requirements. Based in Austin, Texas, or Palo Alto, California, this role demands independent execution of broad legal tasks while fostering strong partnerships with business and legal teams. The Role Provide advice and counsel on laws and regulations applicable to Tesla's products, sales, and service Partner with sales and service teams to ensure local compliance with applicable state and county laws and regulations Support sales,...

Tesla is seeking a Senior Counsel, Energy Products to join our legal team in either Austin, TX, or Bay Area, CA, with a strong preference for Austin, TX. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, Energy Products, this role will focus on commercial matters supporting Tesla's global residential, commercial, industrial, and utility-scale solar, energy storage, and Supercharger businesses. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience from a big-firm background in renewable energy, with expertise in equipment sales, service agreements, commodity trading, purchase agreements, utility contracts, project development, construction, and finance deals. This position offers a unique opportunity for a proactive and entrepreneurial lawyer to contribute to Tesla's mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. The Role Provide advice on strategic regulatory and transactional matters for the Energy Products business...

Tesla is seeking a Sr. Counsel, IP Litigation for our Palo Alto location. As a member of Tesla's IP Litigation team, you will be directly engaged in developing and driving litigation strategy with a trial-focused approach and partnering with the business to identify potential litigation risks and solutions. You will be supporting Tesla in a wide range of significant litigation matters worldwide, but primarily focused on intellectual property litigations and Patent Office proceedings. You will be joining a fun, fast-paced and growing legal team working collaboratively together on novel legal issues. The Role Develop and drive Tesla's strategy for IP litigations Manage and help run all aspects of litigation matters, in the U.S. and worldwide, including e-discovery, fact-finding and analysis, witness preparation, depositions, case management conferences, motion practice, and arbitration or trial preparation and presentation Both supervise and partner with outside...

Tesla seeks a Sr. Counsel, Infrastructure to join the legal team. In this role, you will support construction, capex and business teams on a variety of transactions and negotiations. The ideal candidate will have exposure to contracting, construction, permitting and general commercial transactions, along with a mix of law firm and in-house experience. A strong background in commercial and real estate or construction law is required, and litigation experience is preferred. The Role Primarily support the EPC, manufacturing, engineering and purchasing teams on the procurement of goods and services used in construction projects across the United States Manage and negotiate a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, primarily in the area of construction and equipment purchases, but also including utility agreements, logistics and warehousing agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements, and confidentiality agreements...

Tesla is seeking a Managing Counsel, Intellectual Property to support the growth of its expanding global innovations. Reporting to the Senior Director, Commercial Legal, this role provides strategic IP legal support to engineering and business teams. The position can be based in the Bay Area, California, Austin, Texas, or in the Washington, DC area,. and offers the opportunity to deliver proactive counsel in a fast-paced environment. The Role Provide advice on a wide variety of intellectual property topics for engineering and business teams, including assessment of patent and trademark assets and implications for business outcomes Support the business in connection with transactions involving material IP aspects, including strategic acquisitions and IP collaboration and pooling arrangements Research and assess patent and licensing demand requests in collaboration with engineering, business, and legal teams Create and maintain IP-related forms, playbooks, and...

Tesla is seeking a Sr. Counsel to join its in-house Legal Department, supporting strategic relationships with key partners. This role will be based in one of Tesla's offices in Austin, Texas, or the Bay Area of California. This position involves providing comprehensive legal guidance to a wide variety of in-house clients on complex commercial relationships and related risks in a fast-paced, innovative environment. This position offers a unique opportunity for a proactive and entrepreneurial lawyer to contribute to a fast-growing, dynamic company by providing strategic legal support and fostering collaboration across global teams. The Role Support and manage a wide range of commercial contracts with strategic partners, including supply agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements (including cloud-based services), software license agreements, and confidentiality agreements Advise a wide variety of in-house clients who work with...

The Legal Project Coordinator will play a pivotal role in supporting the Tesla Legal Operations team and the broader global Legal team. This position is essential for driving efficiency and collaboration in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, ensuring seamless day-to-day operations for legal initiatives. The Role Promote and implement project management tools, best practices, and process improvements to streamline workflows, enhance operational efficiency, and identify cost-saving opportunities Administer and optimize legal systems, document management platforms, databases, and knowledge management resources to ensure accurate, compliant, and accessible legal information Manage legal document repositories and records, including document organization, retention, indexing, and governance in accordance with company policies and legal requirements Sort, organize, track, and route incoming legal mail, correspondence, and legal operations requests to the appropriate...

Tesla sets the bar for what a trustworthy & resilient charging network can be. The Charging Operations team ensures that Tesla continues to deliver the best possible charging customer experience through proactive engagement and growth of the global charging network. The Contract Compliance Lead works on the Charging Operations team in Palo Alto, CA. This role is responsible for maintaining contract data accuracy and compliance for our global Charging network. The role is responsible for program management with a nimble team to meeting obligation, innovate and provide reliable data for critical business decisions and planning. The team and program require highly creative lead willing to leverage AI solutions to keep pace with scale & complexity. The individual will work closely with internal stakeholders (Legal, Business Development, IT & Analytics, and other Operations leads) in addition to external stakeholders like Charging site hosts. The Role Own accuracy and...

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Associate Corporate Counsel to join the International Corporate Legal Team. This pivotal role will support the establishment and maintenance of legal operations worldwide, aligning with Tesla's global growth strategies and initiatives. Based in Palo Alto, this position reports directly to the Associate General Counsel, International Corporate Legal, located in Amsterdam. The role involves close collaboration with a dynamic team of attorneys and paralegals across regions including the USA, EMEA, and APAC, as part of the broader Tesla Legal Team. The Role Support compliance with corporate governance obligations for all Tesla non-US foreign subsidiaries, working with local counsel to ensure affiliates remain in good standing and meet necessary formalities such as board meetings and timely filing of annual accounts Prepare and maintain corporate compliance documentation for Tesla foreign subsidiaries, drafting legal documents including...

Tesla is seeking an experienced Litigation Attorney to join the Product Liability Team within our dynamic Legal Department. This role will represent and defend Tesla in all aspects of product liability-related litigation matters, primarily focused on vehicle products. The position involves close collaboration with outside counsel, internal legal teams, and engineering groups to develop defense strategies and mitigate risks. This position is based in either Austin, TX, or Palo Alto, CA. The Role Represent and defend Tesla in product liability litigation matters, managing and collaborating with outside counsel on daily activities Conduct factual investigations, analyze complex legal and factual issues, perform extensive legal research, and develop defense strategies for presentation to legal and business teams Draft responses to complaints, pleadings, discovery requests, and motions, including motions to compel and for protective orders Prepare witnesses for...

Tesla is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Counsel with a minimum of 10 years of employment law expertise to join our Legal Team. Based in Austin, Texas, Fremont, California, Palo Alto, California, or potentially another jurisdiction with significant Tesla operations, this role will provide strategic, high-level employment legal advice to internal business and HR teams with limited supervision. The position focuses on proactively identifying and mitigating employment law risks, assessing potential issues, and delivering practical, creative, and scalable solutions to business partners. A strong work ethic, exceptional time management skills, and the ability to prioritize a heavy workload efficiently are essential for success in this role. The Role Provide legal advice and guidance on all aspects of employment law, including hiring, recruiting, termination, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, leave and disability accommodation, workers' compensation,...