200 government jobs found in Palo Alto, CA

As a Technical Program Manager on the Tesla AI team focused on Government Affairs, you will drive cross-functional programs spanning regulatory engagement, investigation response, reporting obligations, and new policy review and outreach. You will partner closely with Legal, Government Affairs, Engineering, Safety, Operations, and global teams to define priorities, track execution, and remove blockers — ensuring Tesla's AI and autonomy programs meet regulatory expectations efficiently and at scale. This role sits at the intersection of technical depth, regulatory rigor, and operational excellence, and will have direct impact on Tesla's autonomous and AI initiatives. The Role Lead end-to-end program management for Tesla AI government affairs initiatives spanning regulatory engagement, investigations, statutory and voluntary reporting, and policy review; define and maintain roadmaps, milestones, and success metrics across concurrent workstreams; and produce clear program...

We are currently seeking an experienced Project Designer, Energy Projects to join our team. You will be responsible for designing and planning energy projects, including solar, storage, and EV charging systems, for commercial, industrial, utility, and government clients. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills, a creative mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external stakeholders. The Project Designer, Energy Projects will play a vital role in delivering innovative and sustainable energy solutions. The Role Design and plan energy projects, including solar, storage, and EV charging systems, in accordance with client requirements, industry standards, and regulatory guidelines Participate in project meetings and conduct site assessments to evaluate feasibility, determine optimal system configurations, and ensure successful project outcomes Develop detailed project proposals, including system layouts, equipment...

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 looking for an experienced and highly motivated Corporate Counsel with a minimum of 5+ years of commercial real estate leasing and development experience. The ideal candidate will have national leasing and subleasing experience negotiating sophisticated transactions (industrial, commercial and retail leasing), and real estate development, land use and acquisition experience with a broad general commercial real estate background, including the ability to handle acquisitions, disposition, finance and other general portfolio management matters. This attorney will be responsible for providing strategic, high-level real estate legal advice to various internal teams, including the Real Estate, Design, Construction, Finance, Policy, EH&S, Engineering and Supercharger teams. This position requires a strong work ethic, including experience in managing a large number of transactions; outstanding deal and time management skills and the ability to prioritize a heavy workload...

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 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...

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...

The Product Launch Manager will be part of our energy engineering teams responsible for delivering end-to-end hardware products and services to support Tesla Energy and Charging across APAC and China markets. This role focuses on charging hardware and ensures alignment between technical execution, market needs, and operational scalability. We are seeking someone passionate about solving the climate problem to lead commercial charging product launches. The ideal candidate combines hardware/firmware/software fluency, compliance and regulatory expertise, and the ability to balance country-specific requirements with engineering priorities and customer experience. You'll work across design engineering, software/firmware, compliance, manufacturing, sales, deployment teams, and external stakeholders including fleet operators, charging network operators, and government agencies. Our team values technical rigor, collaboration, and a passion for scaling EV charging solutions. The Role...

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 is seeking a skilled Contracts Manager to join the Commercial Legal Team. This role involves partnering with the Supply Chain and Energy Legal Teams to support Tesla’s global procurement, sales, and operations initiatives. As a key liaison between business stakeholders and the legal team, the successful candidate will excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and demonstrate exceptional attention to detail. This position will be based in one of Tesla’s offices in the Bay Area of California or Austin, Texas. The Role Review, negotiate, draft, and manage a variety of commercial supplier, customer, and energy-related contracts, including non-disclosure agreements, supply agreements, sales agreements, service agreements, and licensing agreements Manage contract repositories and databases Monitor legal support ticketing systems and commercial legal team mailboxes Create and manage playbooks and training content for key initiatives within the commercial legal...

Tesla is seeking an experienced lawyer to support its general and complex litigation practice. This lawyer will represent the company in litigation matters related to its automotive and energy products and other business lines as needed, including serving as counsel in some matters and managing outside counsel in others. The role requires strong research and writing skills to independently draft motions and improve outside counsel work product while working independently on legal tasks that are broad in scope. The Role Represent the company in administrative hearings, court proceedings and arbitrations Conduct all aspects of litigation up through trial Identify and prepare witnesses for trials and other proceedings Prepare and defend company witnesses at deposition Conduct fact investigations, analyze legal issues, and develop litigation strategies Conduct affirmative and defensive discovery Draft,...

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 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 talented Sr. Paralegal to join the Legal Team, directly supporting the Intellectual Property (IP) Litigation group. This role requires strong technical acumen, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to manage a high volume of tasks under tight deadlines. The position involves handling all phases of IP litigation, collaborating with internal teams, and reporting directly to the Sr. Paralegal Manager of the IP Litigation group. The Role Play a pivotal role in high-stakes IP litigation that protects Tesla’s groundbreaking innovations in electric vehicles, autonomous driving, energy storage, and AI Participate as a key contributor to litigation matters, expertly managing all phases—from discovery and motion practice to trial preparation and appeals—while e-filing across multiple jurisdictions and keeping complex calendars on track Support high-profile trial efforts, including Markman hearings, jury and bench trials, with opportunities to...

The Policy Advisor will be focused on state legislative work and building relationships with regulatory bodies within a region of states. This person will interface with state leads internally and business partners externally to drive state and local level policies on Tesla's behalf. This position will sit in Washington D.C. or any other major U.S. location. The Role Develop and execute state policy strategies —legislative and/or regulatory—impacting Tesla in all aspects of its business within that specific region Engage with state and local officials—legislators, constitutional officers, appointees, and other public officials—to accomplish Tesla’s policy objectives Work with trade associations, allies, and stakeholders to build consensus on policies or proposals, including developing advocacy campaigns, public relations or communications strategies Be responsive to needs of Tesla leadership and internal business units Assist internal business units in...

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 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 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...