Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Vehicle Power Electronics

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

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

About the Job

Requirements

At least 4 years of full-time industry experience in a mechanical design-related field, or demonstrated technical excellence in product design and analysis.
Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals and a first-principles understanding of physics.
Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance stacks, and design for manufacturing, automation, test, and reliability (DFM/DFA/DFT/DFR).
Experience with design failure mode and effects analysis (DFMEA) and process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA).
Experience using CATIA V5 and/or V6 3DExperience.
Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, engineering changes, deviations, and bill of materials (BOM) structuring.
Working knowledge of MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Ansys, and StarCCM.
Experience with modeling, finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and multiphysics simulations.
Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Model and design electromechanical parts and assemblies, including plastics, sheet metal, heat sinks, insulation systems, magnetic components, high-voltage connectors, fasteners, and other components.
Perform mechanical design analysis, including thermal, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), structural, design-for-assembly, and design-for-test analyses.
Collaborate with program stakeholders to integrate designs into vehicles, energy products, AI data centers, and other products.
Resolve electronics packaging issues, including electrical isolation, sealing, thermal management, interconnection, shock and vibration management, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and radio-frequency (RF) communications.
Develop engineering test plans for designs.
Create drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies.
Assist with engineering prototype builds and component fabrication.
Collaborate with mechanical, systems, electrical, magnetic, digital control, manufacturing, industrial design, and test engineers to take designs from concept through prototype to mass production.
Own designs from conception through their full evolution to mass production.

Category	Energy - Solar & Storage
Location	Palo Alto, California
Requisition ID	283229
Type	Full-time

Job Description

As a Mechanical Design Engineer in Tesla's Vehicle Power Electronics team, you will design cutting edge, world-class power converters in use across the entirety Tesla vehicle lineup (Model 3/Y, Cybertruck, Semi, Cybercab, Roadster, and next generation vehicle platforms).  You will be joining an elite team of driven engineers with a huge scope, reach, and potential impact. Our power electronics products are critical components in electric and autonomous transportation (and SI data centers).  The work is fast-paced and challenging.  Tesla’s mission and vision must excite you.  Power electronics is unique.  Despite its name, it pushes the limits of the wide breadth of mechanical engineering.  You will be required to know and apply statics & dynamics, fluids & thermals, mechanics & vibration, and more.  Our work is highly multi-disciplinary and you will be expected to know or learn basic electrical and magnetic physics, material science, statistics, and advanced manufacturing techniques.  Strong design skills, a ‘first-principles’ approach to problem solving, curiosity to learn and drive to develop/grow are must-haves.  At Tesla, our design work doesn't only exist on a computer screen and we don’t waste time on products that we don’t see a future in.  Your designs will come to life and exist in the real world within industry record time.  Design engineers will drive prototype builds, engineering testing, and validation of our products.  Your day-to-day tasks will involve design, analysis, and testing of all structural, thermal, environmental, and insulating aspects of converter components and their electrical connections.  An example would be the detailed design of custom magnetic components such inductors or transformers or high-performance heat exchangers.  You will own the design from conception thru its full evolution to mass-production.    Roles available at multiple seniority levels i.e. Sr, Staff, etc. for those with more experience.

Job Responsibilities

Modeling and design of electro-mechanical parts and assemblies including plastics, sheet metal, heat sinks, insulation systems, magnetic components, high voltage connectors, fasteners, and other components
Mechanical design analysis including thermal, CFD, structural, design for assembly, and design for test
Collaborate with program stakeholders to integrate designs into vehicles, energy products, AI data centers, and more
Solve electronics packaging issues: electrical isolation, sealing, thermal management, interconnection, shock and vibration management, electromagnetic interference (EMI), RF communications, etc.
Develop engineering test plans for designs
Create drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies
Assist in engineering prototype builds and component fabrication
Collaborate with other mechanical, systems, electrical, magnetic, digital control, manufacturing, industrial design, and test engineers to take designs from concept through prototype to mass production

Job Requirements

4+ years of full-time industry experience in mechanical design-related field or demonstrated technical excellence in product design and analysis
Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals & physics first-principles
Strong organization, written, and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stacks, design for manufacturing/automation/test/reliability (DFM/DFA/DFT/DFR).  Experience with DFMEA and PFMEA
Experience using CATIA V5 and/or V6 3DExperience
Experience with PLM systems, engineering changes, deviations, BOM structuring, etc.
Working knowledge of MATLAB, Simulink, Python, Ansys, & StarCCM.  Experience with modeling, finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), & multi-physics simulations

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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