What To Expect
As a key member of the Product Safety Engineering Group at Tesla, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety of our innovative products across vehicles, energy, and robotics. Our team focuses on understanding extreme real-world scenarios to inform product design and lead the industry in safety standards. In this role, you will research firefighting solutions, develop internal safety standards and processes, and communicate technical concepts to support the creation of emergency response and public-facing documents.

What You'll Do

Research and test novel and proposed firefighting tools and techniques

Develop internal standards and processes to continuously improve the safety of Tesla products

Support the creation of emergency response documents, focusing on firefighting and high-voltage system response for vehicles, energy products, and robotics

Bring engineering expertise to multidisciplinary groups, including non-technical members

Impact policy internally and within the industry on emergency response issues related to Tesla technologies

What You'll Bring

Master's Degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Fire Protection, or equivalent experience

Fundamentals in thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineering

Firefighting and emergency response experience a plus

Ability to interact collaboratively across a variety of groups

Practical, hands-on, can-do attitude

Lithium-ion, automotive, or grid-scale energy storage experience a plus

Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time

Benefits
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D

Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$112,000 - $228,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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