What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Product Engineer, Industrial Storage position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
The Tesla Energy Product and Service Engineering team is looking for a passionate, collaborative, and skilled Product Engineer to join the team to support the explosive growth of our Industrial Storage fleet. As the Industrial Storage fleet grows, Tesla is also committed to having an industry-leading uptime in our deployed fleet of commercial and utility scale batteries across a variety of grid-scale applications.We use data collected from our highly connected systems to monitor product performance, find problems before the customer does and to systematicallyeliminatethe causes of downtime. The Industrial Storage team is seeking a product engineer to lead the system-level integration aspects across electronics design,firmwareand software and service operations to support new feature release and diagnostics across our fleet of energy storage systems.You will work with a team of engineers to pilot new firmware features, troubleshoot unexpected behavior, develop onboard diagnostic self-tests and feedback fleet analysis to development teams.Ultimately, youwillbe responsible forsupporting commissioning activities and improving the customer operational uptime in Tesla's stationary batteries used by commercial and utility scale customers in grid connected and microgrid applications.To be successful, in this role you will need to be skilled at troubleshooting electronic systems, mechanical systems, and computer networks, as well asusing Linux operating systems, developing your own Python codeandmanipulating SQL data.If you are a "maker" that loves to solve problems, this is the role for you.
What You'll Do
- Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, software, and firmware issues that cause downtime for Tesla's Industrial Storagecustomers
- Lead cross-functional efforts to drive actions with design, firmware development, field service, and the technical support teams asrequired to systematically prevent known issues from reoccurring
- Mine data logged by Tesla's Industrial Storage fleet to define the signature for a failure mode andutilize Tesla automation tools to programmatically diagnosis and react to future occurrences of that failure mode
- Define the actions that need to be taken by the field service and technical support teams when a specific failure mode occurs, publish those actions in Tesla's Service tools, and develop any specialized trainingrequired to complete those actions
- Quantify the benefit of a product or manufacturing improvement opportunity and work with the engineering and manufacturing teams to implement the improvement for existing and future products as appropriate
- Provide support on escalated customer cases from around the world to minimize system downtime for Tesla'scustomers
- Work with field service and technical support teams to create the documentation and training necessary to commission,operate, repair, and service Tesla's Industrial Storage products installed globally
What You'll Bring
- Degreein Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalentexperience
- Experience usingSQL and Python for data analysis on very large databases
- Experience with managing ormaintaining equipment running Linux based applications
- Strong engineering fundamentals and intuition, applied to firmware/software-enabled systems
- Prior experience troubleshooting electrical, system, firmware, or process failure modes
- Proven cross-functional leadership and collaborative skillsAn excellentattention to detail and an ability to produce clear and concise written documents and diagrams
- Experience with battery systems and power systems is a plus
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 Aetna 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
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.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $100,160 - $225,840