Tesla
EVs and integrated renewable energy solutions
Controls Engineer
About the job
- At least 3 years of hands-on instrumentation and controls engineering experience supporting industrial manufacturing or production facilities across design, commissioning, and sustaining operations.
- Demonstrated PLC programming experience with one or more platforms, including Siemens TIA Portal, Allen-Bradley, or Beckhoff TwinCAT.
- Experience with industrial communication protocols, including OPC-UA, Modbus TCP, BACnet, Profinet, EtherCAT, and EtherNet/IP.
- Experience with Ignition SCADA version 7.9 or newer, including Perspective, Vision, and Gateway configuration.
- Experience selecting, specifying, calibrating, and maintaining field instrumentation, including transmitters, analyzers, and control valves, and working knowledge of HART and 4-20mA instrumentation standards.
- Demonstrated experience personally owning and executing controls and instrumentation projects from concept development through commissioning, ramp-up, and long-term sustaining operations in a 24/7 production or manufacturing facility.
- Troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, including the ability to rapidly diagnose and resolve control system faults in a running production environment.
- Develop organized, structured, documented, maintainable, and reusable PLC code for industrial systems, including life safety, HVAC, and process systems.
- Design and implement advanced PLC control strategies for complex infrastructure and facilities systems to ensure reliable, safe, and efficient operation across process environments.
- Develop and maintain Ignition SCADA projects, including screens, HMI development, dashboards, and alarm management interfaces using Perspective and Vision modules.
- Extend and maintain Ignition platform capabilities, including alarm management, historian, reporting pipelines, and custom scripting to deliver actionable operational data across facility systems.
- Integrate third-party packaged equipment and power monitoring systems via OPC-UA, Modbus TCP, BACnet, EtherNet/IP, and Profinet; implement and optimize control strategies, including PID tuning, to improve process quality, productivity, and uptime.
- Oversee I&C commissioning activities, including development and execution of factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), and loop checks to validate system performance against design requirements before production handoff.
- Own the implementation and validation of safety-rated control systems, including emergency response and life safety devices across facility and process environments.
- Provide sustaining operations support for running production systems, including fault diagnosis, root cause analysis, corrective action implementation, and system modifications.
- Develop and maintain project documentation, including process control narratives, P&IDs, I/O lists, loop diagrams, instrument datasheets, and tag naming conventions, and keep it current through design, commissioning, and long-term operations.
- Drive the design and specification of field instrumentation systems to ensure measurement accuracy, calibration traceability, and integration with control system architecture.
About the company
Tesla designs and sells electric vehicles and renewable energy products. Its cars (Model S, 3, X, Y, and Roadster) run on battery power, with a semi-autonomous Autopilot driving system and a global network of fast-charging stations called Superchargers. The company also provides solar panels, Solar Roof, and energy storage products (Powerwall, Powerpack, Megapack) to generate and store clean energy for homes and businesses. Tesla operates with a vertically integrated model, manufacturing key components (batteries, drivetrains) and selling directly to customers via its website and stores, while earning revenue from vehicle and energy product sales and regulatory credits. Its goal is to speed up the world’s transition to sustainable energy by combining mobility and energy solutions in one ecosystem.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Founded
2003
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Tesla began Semi deliveries on September 24, 2026, launching a long-delayed product.
- FSD approval in Czech Republic extended Tesla's supervised driving into a seventh European market.
- Q2 2026 revenue reached $28.24 billion, driven by record 480,126 deliveries.
What critics are saying
- NHTSA opened a September 4, 2026 probe into Cybercab self-certification.
- Tesla's Q2 2026 automotive gross margin fell to 16.3%, squeezing profitability.
- Roadster promises since 2017 still slipped to an October 15, 2026 unveil.
What makes Tesla unique
- Tesla's vertically integrated stack spans vehicles, batteries, software, charging, and energy storage.
- Grok Bot in cars turns Tesla cabins into voice-controlled commerce and productivity surfaces.
- Megapack qualification for Nvidia DSX Ready ties Tesla into AI data-center infrastructure.
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