Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Mechanical Design Engineer - Structures, Energy Products

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timePalo Alto, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or equivalent relevant experience.
Strong engineering fundamentals in applied mechanics and materials science.
Expertise in structural analysis, including experience with static, frequency-response, and response-spectrum finite element analysis.
Experience designing and developing products for outdoor environments, including IP/NEMA environmental seals.
Knowledge of 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 product lifecycle management systems, engineering changes, deviations, and bill of materials structuring.

Responsibilities

Design and model mechanical components and assemblies, including sheet metal, structural metals, plastics, environmental sealing materials, fasteners, and other components.
Perform mechanical design analysis, including finite element analysis, tolerance stack-ups, and design for excellence.
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 and assist with engineering prototype builds and component fabrication.
Identify root causes and solve test failures and production issues.
Create high-quality drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies.

Desired Qualifications

Proficiency in computer-aided design modeling.
Experience with CATIA V5 or V6.
Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Category	Energy Engineering
Location	Palo Alto, California
Requisition ID	242839
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<p>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. </p><p>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. </p>

Job Responsibilities

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

Job Requirements

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

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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