Mechanical Design Engineer, Structures, Energy Products

Tesla Energy is looking for a highly skilled and motivated engineer to own and drive the structural design and development of new generation products including modular AI data centers, battery energy storage systems, medium voltage electronics structures, and charging products. This role entails strong fundamentals rooted in first principles, a passion to push the boundaries of technology, and the tenacity to make your designs successful. Tesla operates under compressed timelines, so being self-motivated, disciplined, and resilient is critical. We aim to recruit the most driven and talented engineers to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.

The Tesla Energy Mechanical Design Engineering team is a driven and diverse group of hands-on mechanical engineers. Our charter is to design robust and reliable mechanical structures to enable the successful deployment and operation of Tesla's next generation of industrial products. We work in a space crowded with regulatory requirements where competitors and suppliers are often invested in the status quo. Our team's job is to ignore the status quo, challenge rules where appropriate, and implement fundamentals only engineering to make the absolute best products possible.

• Design and modeling of mechanical components and assemblies including sheet metal,structural metals, plastics, environmental sealing materials, fasteners, and other components
• Mechanical design analysis including finite element analysis (FEA), tolerance stack ups, design for excellence (DFX)
• Work with cross-functional teams to refine specifications and achieve product performance, aesthetics, schedule, cost, reliability, safety, and quality targets
• Collaborate with thermal, systems, electrical, sourcing, manufacturing, and reliability teams to take designs from prototype through mass production
• Develop engineering test plans for designs, assist in engineering prototype builds and component fabrication
• Root cause and solve test failures and production issues
• Create high-quality drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience
• Strong engineering fundamentals in applied mechanics and materials science
• Structural analysis expertise, including static, frequency-response, and response-spectrum FEA experience
• Experience designing and developing products for outdoor environments, including IP/NEMA environmental seals
• Knowledge of various manufacturing processes such as metal stamping, castings, extrusions, plating, heat treatment, injection molding, and joining methodologies
• Experience designing for high-volume assembly and manufacturing
• Familiarity with packaging solutions for battery or power electronics systems
• Experience with PLM systems, engineering changes, deviations, and BOM structuring
• Proficiency in CAD modeling and CATIA V5/V6 experience is a plus
• Knowledge of GD&T is a plus

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.