Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Staff Solar Field Reliability Engineer - Energy Products

Hardware Validation & TestingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

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

About the Job

Requirements

Have 5 or more years of experience in hardware reliability, field quality, systems engineering, energy service engineering, or a related field, and 2 or more years of experience leading or coordinating a team of engineers in a formal management, technical lead, or team coordination role.
Demonstrate expertise in structured investigation methodologies such as 8D, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, fault tree analysis, Weibull analysis, or equivalent root cause techniques.
Have strong data analysis skills, including the ability to query large fleet datasets using SQL and Python to identify failure trends, calculate failure rates, and quantify field impact.
Have experience producing executive-level technical reports and presenting complex reliability findings to senior leadership.
Have a track record of driving corrective actions to closure across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
Have hands-on experience with power electronics hardware, including inverters, DC-DC converters, gate drivers, capacitors, and thermal management systems.
Have a background in solar panel reliability, including hotspot analysis, degradation characterization, electroluminescence/infrared testing, and cell-level failure modes.
Be familiar with UL1741, IEEE 1547, or other grid-tied inverter safety standards.

Responsibilities

Monitor product field performance, identify trending issues, and prioritize them based on failure-mode severity, occurrence, and/or cost.
Own critical and top product issue escalations and thermal event response; drive the field quality workstream; raise and advance hardware failure investigations; and oversee new product introduction field quality.
Coordinate failure analysis investigations from identification through root cause and countermeasure implementation, working with vendors, failure analysis/field quality labs and teams, and design teams to close the loop on hardware failures.
Produce clear, concise leadership summaries on team priorities, active investigations, and fleet health, proactively flagging risks and decisions needed.
Drive corrective actions to closure, including design changes, manufacturing process improvements, firmware mitigations, or field service campaigns; track implementation and confirm efficacy.
Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct and accurate feedback to design owners.
Share lessons learned from previous field issues and participate in design reviews to provide upfront feedback, ensuring product performance, reliability, and manufacturability issues are identified and risks are mitigated through Design Failure Mode and Effects Analyses.

Category	Energy Engineering
Location	Palo Alto, California
Requisition ID	288415
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<div class="MSWordContent"><p>Tesla Energy operates the largest distributed fleet of residential solar systems on the planet. Our solar portfolio spans hundreds of thousands of systems across multiple generations of inverters, panels, and gateways, both Tesla-designed and third-party hardware. This fleet generates terabytes of telemetry data daily, creating an unparalleled opportunity to understand & improve our solar hardware reliability across diverse climates, grid conditions, and usage patterns over years of operation. This role is responsible for all Solar products, coordinating with engineers responsible for fleet health monitoring, automated diagnostics, and field quality across Tesla's full solar portfolio. 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. You will have direct visibility to senior leadership, the autonomy to shape reliability strategy, and the opportunity to build something meaningful at scale. </div>

Job Responsibilities

Monitor products field performance, identify trending issues.  Prioritize based on severity, occurrence, and/or cost of each failure mode
Field Escalations and Product Quality: Own critical / top product issue escalations, thermal event response,  drive the field quality workstream, raise and advance hardware failure investigations, and NPI field quality oversight 
Coordinate Failure Analysis Investigations: from identification through root cause to countermeasure implementation, coordinating with vendors, FA/FQ labs and teams, and design teams to close the loop on hardware failures 
Communicate with Leadership: Produce clear, concise summaries for leadership on team priorities, active investigations, and fleet health, proactively flagging risks and decisions needed 
Drive corrective actions to closure: design changes, manufacturing process improvements, firmware mitigations, or field service campaigns, tracking implementation and confirming efficacy 
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)

Job Requirements

5+ years of experience in hardware reliability, field quality, systems engineering, energy service engineering, or related field and 2+ years of experience leading or coordinating a team of engineers (formal management, tech lead, or team coordination role)
Demonstrated expertise in structured investigation methodologies: 8D, FMEA, fault tree analysis, Weibull analysis, or equivalent root cause techniques 
Strong data analysis skills: ability to query large fleet datasets (SQL, Python) to identify failure trends, calculate failure rates, and quantify field impact 
Experience producing executive-level technical reports and presenting complex reliability findings to senior leadership 
Track record of driving corrective actions to closure across cross-functional teams without direct authority 
Hands-on experience with power electronics hardware: inverters, DC-DC converters, gate drivers, capacitors, thermal management systems 
Background in solar panel reliability: hotspot analysis, degradation characterization, EL/IR testing, cell-level failure modes 
Familiarity with UL1741, IEEE 1547, or other grid-tied inverter safety standards

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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