911 design jobs found

Tesla's Infotainment EE team designs the multi-media compute platforms behind the cabin experience in every Tesla vehicle — driving high-resolution displays, immersive audio, camera and sensor fusion, inter/intra-networking, and on-vehicle AI inference. We are seeking a detail-oriented and enthusiastic electronic design engineer with a strong background in computer system design, validation, and support. In this role, you will own next-generation infotainment motherboards end-to-end, balancing performance, power, cost, EMC, and automotive reliability to deliver a best-in-class experience worldwide. The Role Translate product and performance requirements into compute, memory bandwidth, display, audio, networking, peak power, and storage targets Lead parts selection for critical components — SoC, memory, storage, power-management, display, microprocessor, Ethernet switch, audio controller, etc. Implement open-ended electrical discussions into concrete circuit design...

The New Programs Engineering team works at the front end of the design and development cycle by studying, simulating, building, and proving Tesla’s future vehicle concepts. New Programs Engineers interact with cross-functional partners from the Design, Vehicle Engineering, and Powertrain Engineering groups to develop 3D designs, mules, prototypes, and demonstrators used for informing downstream engineering efforts. This is a product design engineering position where product design expertise and fundamental first principles approach to problem solving are far more important than extensive automotive industry specific experience. The Role Product Definition – Document product plan of record. Identify risks and key decisions. Gather data, feedback, and customer input to present to design, engineering, and leadership to facilitate key product decisions Own vehicle system level attributes in the first stage of product definition and present tradeoffs to leadership in...

Autonomy begins with sensing. Tesla's vehicles depend on a diverse array of sensing systems, from spatial perception (vision, radar) and motion sensing (IMU) to user interaction, environmental monitoring, and chassis sensing, to perceive and interact with the world. At the core of every one of these systems is a circuit board that must be engineered to the highest standard. This role owns that foundation. As part of the Sensing team, you will design, validate, and industrialize circuit boards, rigid, flexible, rigid-flex, and beyond, that enable Tesla's autonomous driving and intelligent vehicle features. You'll translate high-level system requirements into board-level designs that meet aggressive cost, size, and reliability targets across a uniquely broad portfolio of sensor technologies. The scope is rare: few roles touch this many sensing domains, form factors, and production scales in one seat. If you want to see your boards ship in millions of vehicles and directly advance...

Join the Tesla Optimus team and help build the future of general-purpose robotics. We are developing a highly capable, safe, and scalable humanoid robot designed to perform useful tasks in factories, homes, and beyond—leveraging Tesla’s expertise in AI, product design, and high-volume manufacturing. Our mission is to create a robot that can understand and interact with the real world at a level that transforms everyday life and unlocks new possibilities for humanity. The Tactile Sensing team gives the robot a sense of touch. Closely integrated with the hand structures and kinematic design, our tactile sensors are among the most critical elements for enabling dexterous manipulation—the foundation of a truly useful robot. We develop a range of electromechanical sensing technologies, transforming cutting-edge research into scalable, production-ready solutions at massive volume. The Role Design, develop, and integrate tactile sensing systems that provide the robot with...

Join the Tesla Optimus team and help build the future of general-purpose robotics. We are developing a highly capable, safe, and scalable humanoid robot designed to perform useful tasks in factories, homes, and beyond—leveraging Tesla’s expertise in AI, product design, and high-volume manufacturing. Our mission is to create a robot that can understand and interact with the real world at a level that transforms everyday life and unlocks new possibilities for humanity. The robot is only as useful as the hand itself. To deliver true human-like dexterity in a human-scale form factor, the Hand team integrates high-performance sensors, actuators, and mechanisms into an extremely compact package — all while ensuring the durability needed for both strenuous labor and precise manipulation. The Role Design durable structures and mechanisms that deliver the complex kinematic capabilities of a human hand while integrating sensors, actuation, and compliance elements Perform...

Join the Tesla Optimus team and help build the future of general-purpose robotics. We are developing a highly capable, safe, and scalable humanoid robot designed to perform useful tasks in factories, homes, and beyond—leveraging Tesla’s expertise in AI, product design, and high-volume manufacturing. Our mission is to create a robot that can understand and interact with the real world at a level that transforms everyday life and unlocks new possibilities for humanity. The Soft Goods and Exteriors team designs the robot’s skin and suit—everything you can see and feel. We work closely with the Tesla Design Studio to create a futuristic and inspiring aesthetic while respecting the human form. Achieving this vision requires a creative design mindset and relentless innovation in flexible materials, textiles, and fabrication processes capable of reaching massive scale with exceptional quality. The Role Design and develop the robot’s skin, clothing, and accessories, balancing...

Join the Tesla Optimus team and help build the future of general-purpose robotics. We are developing a highly capable, safe, and scalable humanoid robot designed to perform useful tasks in factories, homes, and beyond—leveraging Tesla’s expertise in AI, product design, and high-volume manufacturing. Our mission is to create a robot that can understand and interact with the real world at a level that transforms everyday life and unlocks new possibilities for humanity. The Structures and Mechanisms team designs the robot’s skeleton and joints. We focus on creating lightweight, durable, and highly integrated mechanical designs that enable exceptional performance while remaining optimized for manufacturability, cost, and long-term reliability at massive scale. The Role Design and optimize joints and structures for mass, stiffness, durability, cost, and high-volume manufacturability Conceptualize and develop novel mechanisms that perform reliably across dynamic joints and...

The Bay Area R&D and Facilities team is looking for a highly motivated Controls Engineer to work on a critical challenge facing the world’s energy transition to sustainable energy. As a Controls Engineer, you will work closely with the design team, construction & commissioning team, supporting projects from concept through design, programming, HMI development, installation, integration, ramp up, and long-term operations, sustainability & operations. The Role Establish and maintain automation, controls, and instrumentation design standards and best practices.Lead automation scope definition, execution strategies, and technical decision-making across projects Oversee development and review of control philosophies, P&IDs, I/O lists, network architectures, and logic designs.Ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, cybersecurity, and safety requirements Coordinate automation activities across engineering, operations, maintenance, and IT/OT stakeholders...

Welcome to Tesla's Optimus Robotics Team, the epicenter of innovation, where we're not just designing humanoid bi-pedal robots like the Tesla Bot; we're creating a revolution in automation for repetitive tasks and pioneering wheeled robots for manufacturing and autonomous logistics. Join us in this thrilling journey, where you'll find yourself at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and manufacturing engineering disciplines, working collaboratively to drive the future of robotics. You will be at the forefront of groundbreaking developments, working on the core of robotics evolution. Your focus will be on model informed design and architecture development of robots that set new standards for performance. You'll be empowered to optimize powertrains, innovate linkages, and enhance the capabilities of robotic limbs, all with an eye on efficient mass production. The Role Robot physics-based modelling Model-based design and architecture development...

As a Cell Materials Integration Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in bringing new battery materials into Tesla’s in-house cell product. You will shepherd novel cell materials, chemistries, and designs from early-phase & pilot-scale development into Tesla's Gigafactory cell production lines and final cell products. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams including materials engineering, manufacturing engineering, NPI, supplier industrialization, etc. to ensure seamless scale-up, while optimizing for performance, safety, and manufacturability. The Role Lead the integration of new battery cell materials and designs as they are handed off from the materials development team into manufacturing and mass production at Tesla’s Gigafactories. This includes adapting lab-scale processes for high-volume production, troubleshooting integration challenges, and ensuring compatibility with existing manufacturing equipment Work closely with materials development and...

Join the electric revolution as a Mechanical Design Engineer. You'll lead module packaging design end-to-end, from first-principles concept to high-volume production, shaping the technology that powers every vehicle and energy product we ship. Working at the intersection of thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineering, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to push the limits of efficiency, reliability, and scale. Your designs won't just hit a spec sheet, they'll drive the future of sustainable energy, and we're looking for a bold, motivated engineer ready to lead the way. The Role Own mechanical design and optimization of power modules, balancing thermal, mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing constraints Develop packaging solutions with cross-functional teams from requirements through design, validation, and production builds Research and introduce new packaging materials and processes (substrates, attaches, encapsulants, interconnects, and beyond)...

The Tesla AI Hardware team is at the forefront of revolutionizing artificial intelligence through cutting-edge hardware innovation. Comprising brilliant engineers and visionaries, the team designs and develops advanced AI inference chips tailored to accelerate Tesla’s machine learning capabilities. A key part of this effort is Dojo, Tesla's custom supercomputer system built to efficiently train massive neural networks on vast video data from the fleet. The work of Tesla's AI Hardware team powers the neural networks behind Full Self-Driving (FSD), and Tesla humanoid robot, Optimus, pushing the boundaries of computational efficiency and performance. By creating custom silicon and optimized architectures, the team ensures Tesla remains a leader in AI-driven automotive and energy solutions, shaping a future where intelligent machines enhance human life. The AI Hardware team is looking for a SOC Verification Engineer who will be responsible for RTL verification of top-level SOC. With a...

Join a fast-paced team designing cutting edge High Voltage & High Current electrical safety devices for use across the entirety of Tesla. From Vehicle and Energy Storage to Supercharging and Manufacturing, the HV Devices team looks beyond traditional devices like sealed contactors, fuses, and pyrotechnic breakers. One example is the Cybertruck ‘DPDT’ – a motor-actuated reconfigure contactor capable of conducting high charging current, withstanding high voltages, and actuating reliably for thousands of cycles. You will lead efforts to push new devices to new levels, improving integration, efficiency, safety/performance, manufacturability, mass, and cost. Our work is highly multi-disciplinary and, in addition to mechanical fundamentals, you are expected to know or learn basic electrical and magnetic physics. At Tesla, design doesn't stay on a screen, and we don't waste time on products for which we do not see a future. If a first-principles mindset energizes and excites you, this...

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Thermal Design Engineer for the Electronic Systems teams to help develop best in class cooling solutions from silicon to vehicles to datacenters. We are open to candidates of all experience levels for this opening. The role involves design and validation of passive, active air-, and active-liquid cooling solutions for electronic systems, either for vehicle platforms or off-vehicle systems. The position requires working closely with cross-functional teams at different scales (silicon to system), as well as external suppliers. A deep understanding of the fundamentals of fluid flow and heat transfer and ability to breakdown complex engineering problems into simple pieces that can be tackled by fundamentals is a must. Creative thinking, ability to solve complex and challenging problems, and ability to work independently are of paramount importance. This position involves working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment with tight timing and...

Tesla’s AI datacenter infrastructure is the backbone for the models that power Full Self Driving and Optimus, deploying Tesla’s custom high-performance silicon at rack and cluster scale. These systems push the limits of power density, silicon-to-package-level thermal and heat dissipation (liquid and air cooling), high speed electrical and optical data transfer, and structural design, while maintaining a focus on total cost of ownership, uptime, and manufacturing and deployment speed. Tesla’s fast-paced development environment creates opportunities to deliver novel, often patented rack and cooling technologies from prototype into large-scale deployment, with a direct line from hardware decisions to efficiency and quality of inference. As a Mechanical Design Engineer on this team, you will own the design of high-density compute racks, trays, and cooling hardware from the PCBA and module interface through full rack integration in the datacenter (optimizing for both scale-up and...

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...

Designing & building infrastructure, at record speed, is key to enabling us to scale worldwide. We are looking for a highly motivated design manager to join our factory infrastructure engineering team. In this role, you will be asked to own and drive the full design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept design through construction administration (CA). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building design across multiple disciplines including project management and have experience collaborating with construction, AHJs, and manufacturing/production teams. The role requires a highly organized mindset, a passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects, and ability to work through complex scopes with multiple factory stakeholders. Our program schedules push the limits of what is physically possible. This requires you to be extremely detail oriented, identify real hard barriers and drive the cross-functional teams to...

We are seeking a highly motivated, hands-on Mechanical Design Engineer to join our Manufacturing Test Engineering group as part of Tesla’s “machine that builds the machine.” Our team plays a critical role in defining the quality, reliability, and performance of Tesla’s core technologies. We design and deliver robust, data-centric test systems for power electronics used across Tesla Energy, Charging, and Vehicle platforms. The ideal candidate takes pride in hands-on engineering, demonstrates strong analytical capability, exceptional organizational skills, and meticulous attention to detail, and thrives in a fast-paced environment where superior work is expected, recognized, and rewarded. This role requires flexibility and a willingness to travel both domestically and internationally to support equipment development, deployment, and close collaboration with our global teams. This position is available in Palo Alto, Reno, and Toronto. We are hiring for multiple levels. Final...

The Energy Electrical Engineering team designs the eyes, ears, and brains of Tesla’s Vehicle charging & Optimus charging and residential/industrial energy storage products including Powerwall and Megapack. As a High-Speed Digital Design Engineer, you will architect and develop next-generation compute, communication, and monitoring platforms that push the performance boundaries of energy electronics. You'll design high-bandwidth data acquisition systems, real-time control processors with multi-gigabit interfaces, signal integrity-critical PCBs, and the digital backbones. The Role Design high-speed digital systems and PCBAs for energy products, including DDR3/4/5, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.x, PCIe, and other high-bandwidth interfaces Own end-to-end hardware design from schematic capture and component selection through layout review, bring-up, and production release Perform signal integrity and power integrity analysis, including pre- and post-layout simulation, to...

Tesla’s Full Self Driving computer is the backbone of our hardware autonomy platform and is the physical link between custom silicon and the rest of the vehicle. Our compute modules pack high-power chips into tight vehicle packaging, while balancing optimization of thermal, electrical, manufacturing, and service constraints. Tesla’s fast-paced development environment creates opportunities to deliver novel and often-patented technologies to millions of vehicles, making a meaningful impact on the safety and sustainability of global transportation. As a Mechanical Design Engineer on this team, you will own the design of liquid-cooled vehicle compute assemblies all the way from the sensitive thermo-mechanical silicon stack-up to the structural mounting of the computer in the vehicle. You will collaborate deeply with other vehicle subsystems as well as silicon development and validation teams to deliver vertically integrated products that are among the most efficient in the world. We...