22 senior counsel jobs found

Tesla is seeking a Senior Counsel to join the Supply Chain Legal Team, supporting procurement operations for goods and services. This role will be based in one of Tesla’s offices in Austin, Texas, or the Bay Area of California. The ideal candidate is a seasoned commercial lawyer with a passion for accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. 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 Manage a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements (including cloud-based services), software license agreements, and confidentiality agreements Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic, regulatory, and transactional matters for Tesla’s supply chain team and other teams...

Tesla is seeking a Senior Counsel to join the Supply Chain Legal Team, supporting procurement operations for goods and services. This role will be based in one of Tesla’s offices in Austin, Texas, or the Bay Area of California. The ideal candidate is a seasoned commercial lawyer with a passion for accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. 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 Manage a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements (including cloud-based services), software license agreements, and confidentiality agreements Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic, regulatory, and transactional matters for Tesla’s supply chain team and other teams...

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,...

Tesla is seeking a Senior Counsel to join the Supply Chain Legal Team, supporting procurement operations for goods and services. This role will be based in one of Tesla’s offices in Austin, Texas, or the Bay Area, California. The ideal candidate is a seasoned commercial lawyer with a passion for accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. 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 Manage a high volume and wide range of commercial contracts, including semiconductor-related supply agreements, technology licensing agreements, development agreements, services agreements (including cloud-based services), software license agreements, and confidentiality agreements Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic, regulatory, and transactional matters for the supply chain team and...

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 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 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...

The successful candidate will be a key part of the Infrastructure Development team and will be responsible for the management and development of the Lease Administration team.  In addition, this role will own the oversight and continuous improvement of all lease administration critical functions, to include: abstraction and lease data, all lease financial obligations, cost optimization, lease compliance, and due diligence all while collaborating closely with cross functional teams like Real Estate, Construction, Design, Workplace, Finance and Legal to maintain efficient operations and support Tesla’s rapid expansion. The right candidate will demonstrate a senior level of competence, understanding the full range of lease administration in an extremely fast paced environment with a high degree of ambiguity and minimal direct oversight. The Role Team Leadership and Supervision:  Lead and manage a team of lease administrators, assigning tasks, providing training, evaluating...

Using advanced analytics, Tesla vehicle data, AI tools, open-source intelligence, law enforcement, and third-party data sources, the Fraud Intelligence Analyst provides critical investigative support to the Tesla Insurance Special Investigations Unit (SIU). This role focuses on data-driven lead generation, network analysis, and intelligence development to assist Major Case Investigators in combating high-impact fraud, including organized fraud rings, staged accidents, large losses, and medical facility fraud. You will analyze complex datasets, visualize relationships, validate analytic models, and produce actionable intelligence reports that help drive major cases with regional and national implications toward resolution, while partnering closely with Legal Counsel, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), law enforcement agencies, and internal claims/underwriting/analytics teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment. The Role Conduct investigative analysis using...

Consider before submitting an application This position is expected to start around January 2027 and continue through the entire Spring term (ending approximately May 2027 or later, if available). We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships. Our internship program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program. Recent graduates seeking employment after graduation and not returning to school should apply for full-time positions, not internships. International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year. Internship Program at Tesla The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they...

Tesla Motors is committed to hiring and developing the top people in any given discipline. Our world-class Engineering teams operate with a non-conventional automotive product development philosophy of high inter-disciplinary collaboration, flat organizational structure, and technical contribution at all levels. You will be expected to challenge and to be challenged, to create, to innovate. These jobs are not for everyone. You must have a genuine passion for working on the best electric vehicles in the world. You must want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company. We are building real products. This must excite you. You must be a builder. You will work alongside accomplished, world-renowned engineers on the most exciting automotive programs in existence today. Engineering Technicians within the Drive Systems Engineering Prototype teamwork side by side with engineers to support the development of high-speed rotating machines. Projects are open-ended and often with...

At Tesla, we are building the future of identity in-house. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Identity & Zero Trust Engineering team, you will own the design and development of the platforms that secure every human and workload at Tesla across our identity provider (IdP/SSO), Identity Governance & Administration (IGA), workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and infrastructure access strategy. This is a hands-on, build-first engineering role: you will write production software (primarily Go and Python) that replaces commercial point-solutions with scalable, highly available services we own end to end, and you will set the technical direction for how identity and access are engineered across the company. The Role Design, build, and own production services across the identity and Zero Trust stack: IdP/SSO, IGA, workload identity, PKI, ZTNA, and infrastructure access focused on developing in-house rather than...

Consider before submitting an application This position is expected to start in August or September 2026 and continue through December 2026. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time and on-site, for most internships. International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year. The Internship Recruiting team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their manager, mentor and peers. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows the intern to experience life at Tesla by including them in projects that are critical to their team’s success. Location: Palo Alto, CA...

Tesla is seeking an innovative Senior Mechanical Engineer with strong expertise in HVAC or Process Piping to join our dynamic mechanical design team in Fremont, CA. This full-time, onsite role within the Bay Area Infrastructure (BAI) group emphasizes forward-thinking mechanical design, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on implementation. You will be responsible for delivering scalable, code-compliant, and constructible solutions that support Tesla’s fast-paced development for Autopilot, Energy, Vehicle/Semi, AI, Robotics (Optimus), and Cell Manufacturing. You will help design and deploy mechanical systems that directly enable innovation while advancing Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. The Role Apply engineering fundamentals and a broad set of mechanical engineering tools to solve technical problems and create novel detailed designs for a wide range of mechanical and process systems Responsible for developing detailed...

The Megafactory Training Team is seeking a highly motivated individual to support training initiatives at our Lathrop, CA location. The ideal candidate will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating new hire training for all Lathrop employees, as well as providing ongoing development opportunities for current team members. A strong background in production environments, paired with hands-on experience, is essential for success in this role. This position is hands-on and requires working directly on the production line in a manufacturing setting. The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, confidence, and the ability to communicate effectively across various organizational levels (Associates, Technicians, Managers, Engineering, etc.) to meet training objectives and goals. You will be expected to both challenge and be challenged, fostering an environment of creativity and innovation. The Role Collaborate closely with the Tesla onboarding team to ensure a...

As a Lead Mechanical Design Engineer, you will spearhead the design, development, and optimization of mechanical systems for infrastructure projects in Fremont, California. In this senior-level role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver designs that meet stringent performance, reliability, and regulatory standards, with a focus on California-specific requirements. As part of the EPC group, this team is focused on designing, collaborating, and building the first home of Optimus while continue to support critical vehicle programs. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in mechanical engineering principles, CAD/BIM modeling, and innovative problem-solving in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The Role Lead the mechanical design process for complex infrastructure programs, from conceptualization and detailed design using tools like Revit to final implementation Perform advanced analyses, including stress, thermal modeling, and tolerance stack-ups, to...

As an Associate Production Manager for the Optimus program, you will be playing a critical role in achieving the organizational objectives in manufacturing on new program launch and sustaining production. You will lead a team of Supervisors on a KPI driven approach toward achieving daily operational goals. In this role, you will collaborate cross-functionally with our process, maintenance, quality, engineering and NPI teams to solve problems, drive continuous improvement to achieve the performance targets and new product introductions. The Role Drive the ramp-up of new manufacturing lines, ensuring smooth launch, rapid stabilization, and sustained performance improvements and manage daily operations through Key Performance Indicators (KPI), problem solving and driving continuous improvement to achieve the KPI targets and build plans Train, develop and manage the performance of supervisors, leads and associates and coach and mentor the supervisors on standard work,...

Be a part of our mission to accelerate the world’s shift to sustainable energy. As a member of the Tesla Energy Sales Engineering team, you will be at the forefront of innovation, serving as a key engineer in Tesla’s storage technology, project development, and technical negotiations. Your role will be pivotal in driving the successful design and implementation of stationary battery energy storage systems on electric grids spanning the Americas, stretching from the northern reaches of Canada to the southern tip of Chile. As a Tesla Energy Sr. Sales Engineer, you’ll have deep knowledge of Tesla Energy’s products (hardware like Megablock; software like Powerhub; and services like Augmentation) and their technical interdependencies. You’ll excel in disciplines related to stationary battery storage, including power systems, cyber security, fire safety, and project design. Your role includes independent market entry (assessments, policy reviews), independent top-of-funnel engineering...

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to accelerate our vehicle-level testing for all current and future Tesla AI features on the path to Full Self-Driving. The Test Specialist role is a hands-on position, working closely with Test Engineers and Technicians to use prototype vehicles and test equipment to evaluate the performance of our Autopilot system. A strong candidate will be experienced with limit handling maneuvers, objectively focused when making judgments, highly organized with great attention to detail, and an independent achiever. This role requires the flexibility of traveling to domestic and international destinations, to test vehicles on public roads and proving grounds. The Role Conduct vehicle-level testing and validation of the Self-Driving system including features such as Full Self-Driving, Autosteer, Automatic Emergency Braking, etc. Maintain Tesla’s confidentiality with respect to prototype hardware, software, and unreleased vehicle...