Electrical Safety Engineer, R&D

What to Expect

Tesla is seeking an ambitious Electrical Safety Engineer to support Engineering and R&D teams in North America. In this role, you will act as the technical expert in electrical and battery safety and will drive first-principles solutions for Engineering and R&D teams. You will directly lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of technical programs alongside the Lab Operations EHS teams. You will systematically document risks in the labs using an FMEA-style approach and find solutions with stakeholders to continuously drive down these risks.

You will also assist with safe design, build and commissioning for machines, R&D setups and internal products, and work to standardize practices with other R&D operations globally. You will support management of change and new product, process or equipment introduction, specifically pertaining to automated equipment and manual or semi-manual research and development processes.

You will use human and organizational principles to drive ownership of safety, health and environmental impacts, with a focus on engagement, learning from events and a systems-level problem solving.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of labs and equipment for stakeholders in Abuse Test & Engineering, Test Systems Engineering, Energy Engineering and others
• Implement structured and rigorous risk mitigation solutions for identified hazards alongside business stakeholders
• Partner with Equipment Safety, Ergonomics and Process Safety engineering subject matter experts to provide EHS solutions for internal machine and process designs
• Lead EHS tool deployment for R&D and Engineering teams to streamline operations and compliance
• Support day-to-day technical EHS escalations in Tesla’s Lab Operations EHS organization
• Drive continuous improvement for EHS programs (LOTO, Machine Safety, Hazard Communication, Emergency Response, Ergonomics, Education / Training, Risk Assessment, Incident Analysis)
• Manage stakeholders and lead cross-departmental initiatives to meet risk reduction targets

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience in an Engineering EHS position, with a focus in an R&D or startup environment
• Experience in facilitating risk assessment and process hazard assessment methodologies, such as HAZIDs, HAZOPs, LOPAs, DHAs or ISO-12100 compliant Machine Risk Assessments
• Experience in developing and managing electrical safety for high voltage (>50V) and/or power distribution (>1kV) systems, including: LOTO procedures, switching programs, utility-level clearances, as well as supporting field verification and emergency response
• Work experience in vehicle, battery, power distribution, semiconductor or other high-tech high-risk industry
• Work experience with project management tools and methodologies (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Sistema, CAD)
• Working ability to read and understand Mechanical, Electrical, and Architectural permit sets, CAD drawings, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)