Sr. Electrical System Design & Architecture Engineer, Energy Products

What to Expect

The Tesla Energy Products team is bringing battery and solar technology to the grid to facilitate a renewable energy ecosystem and redefine the way the world will use energy in the future. As a Systems Architect, you are the design leadership that defines and leads Tesla’s strategy to meet those goals by leveraging your physics fundamentals, systems optimization thinking, and simulation tools. This role involves collaboration with designers, engineering, manufacturing, sales and finance and requires the ability to distill highly technical information and effectively communicate with other teams and management. Our team is small, committed, fast moving and we believe a diverse team of motivated individuals can accomplish almost anything.  We are problem solvers, team players and game changers. If this sounds like you, Tesla just might be the place to make your mark.

What You’ll Do

• Owns system architecture design and product specifications for industrial Tesla Energy Products such as Megapack through physics-based fundamental principles analysis, modeling and system-level thinking
• Develops system models comprising cell, battery, power electronics, thermals, and control models
• Owns development of system requirements, distributes function and performance to components within systems, defines system hardware and software architecture, defines electrical, mechanical, and communication interfaces for components to meet those goals
• Supports definition of system hardware and software architecture optimization
• Collaborate directly with design, integration, compliance, reliability, product, and service teams for system architecture and design development
• Defines electrical, mechanical, and communication interfaces for components
• Captures requirements in a formal management tool
• Leads and contribute to cross-functional design reviews for development efforts
• Works directly with system test team for system test plan development and validation of system design requirements

What You’ll Bring

• Systems level thinker with evidence of driving product design optimization across products, disciplines and teams
• Fundamentals in power electronics and battery technology
• Ability to generate and interpret simulation results and integrate recommendations into product designs
• Experience with system level architectures comprising electrical, thermal, mechanical and FW/SW sub-systems
• Fluency in Python/Matlab
• Specification definition (performance, functional, dimensional, manufacturing)
• Ability to generate and interpret simulation results and integrate recommendations into product designs
• Detail-oriented personality with effective documentation and reporting skills.
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics, or equivalent experience
• Solid engineering fundamentals – electrical and mechanical