Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Field Reliability & Quality Engineer - Electrical

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeFreiburg im Breisgau, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
At least 2 years of hands-on experience in power electronics hardware design, design validation, hardware testing, mechanical system reliability, or durability testing, including relevant internship or academic lab work experience.
Ability or experience navigating existing software and firmware tools and logs to identify and label failure modes.
A broad engineering background and ability to work with design engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues.
Problem-solving and failure analysis skills, attention to detail, and analytical thinking.
Interpersonal and communication skills to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and externally.
Ability to use tools and business system applications to manage, synthesize, and interpret data.

Responsibilities

Monitor field performance, identify trending issues, and prioritize them based on failure-mode severity, occurrence, and/or cost.
Triage emerging trends and use engineering first principles to develop failure hypotheses.
Coordinate with the Failure Analysis team to identify problem root causes.
Apply mechanical and electrical engineering and PCBA manufacturing knowledge to drive containment and corrective action implementation in production, design, suppliers, or firmware.
Communicate engineering system field performance and obtain engineering leadership buy-in on improvement priorities and urgency.
Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct, accurate feedback to design owners.
Share lessons learned from previous field issues and participate in design reviews to provide upfront feedback, identify product performance, reliability, and manufacturability issues, and mitigate risks through DFMEAs.
Participate in ongoing optimization of product and process performance, cost, and technology.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with inverters, electric vehicle batteries, high-voltage controls, and/or industrial grid codes.
Experience working with DC fast-charging systems and features, such as high-voltage DC buses, DC isolation monitoring, grid-tied systems, network diagnostics, CAN communication, PLC, Modbus, and TCP/IP protocols.

Category	Engineering & Information Technology
Location	Freiburg im Breisgau
Requisition ID	284806
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<div class="MSWordContent"><p>The Field Quality team’s mission is to improve customer experience of Tesla products by reducing field issues. The role is responsible for our charging product portfolio including, but not limited to Super & Mega charger, Optimus Charging and Wall connector and works cross functionally with other engineering and service teams. We are seeking a multi-faceted engineer who will be responsible for all aspects of identifying, analyzing, root causing, implementing countermeasures, and reporting on issues affecting products. To be effective, the Field Quality engineer will need to be intimately familiar with the detailed behavior of our Energy Products and the tools and equipment used in their design and manufacture.  They will work with other engineering teams to quickly mitigate and implement countermeasures of field issues to improve quality, reliability, and durability of the products. </div>

Job Responsibilities

Monitor products field performance, identify trending issues.  Prioritize based on severity, occurrence, and/or cost of each failure mode
Triage emerging trends and use engineering first principals to come up with failure hypothesis
Coordinate efforts with the Failure Analysis team to identify root causes of problems
Apply knowledge of mechanical, electrical engineering and PCBA manufacturing to drive containment and corrective action implementation into production / design / supplier / Firmware
Communicate field performance of the engineering system, gather buy-in from engineering leadership on improvement priorities and urgency
Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct and accurate feedback to design owners
Share Lessons Learned from previous field issues; Provide upfront feedback by participating in design reviews to ensure product performance, reliability, and manufacturability issues are identified and risks mitigated (DFMEAs)
Take part in ongoing optimization of the products and processes (performance, cost, technology)

Job Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline or equivalent experience
2+ years of hands-on experience in power electronics hardware design, design validation, hardware testing, mechanical system reliability, or durability testing (including relevant internship or academic lab work experience)
Ability/experience to navigate existing software/firmware tools and logs to identify and label failure modes encountered
The successful candidate for this position must have a broad engineering background with the ability to work with design engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues
Exceptional problem solving and Failure Analysis, strong attention to detail and analytical thinking
Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and outside
Ability to use tools and business system applications to manage, synthesize, and interpret data
Preferred: Experience with inverters, EV batteries, HV controls, and/or industrial grid codes
Preferred: Experience working with DC Fast charging systems/features (e.g. high-voltage DC busses, DC isolation monitoring, grid-tied systems, network diagnostics, CAN communication, PLC, Modbus, TCP/IP protocols, etc.)

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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