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Sr. Cell Engineer, Qualification

Tesla
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/15/2026
What To Expect
Battery cells are the common denominator for every Tesla product. We want team-focused employees with strong communication skills who challenge and want to be challenged, and who create and innovate. We want teammates who will thrive in a fast-paced company with real hardware and are self-motivated, disciplined, and detail oriented. You will work alongside seasoned industry experts, high aptitude recent graduates, and people from every stage in between. We look for anyone with an exceptional ability to solve problems in both individual and team settings.

In this role, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to push the boundaries of battery technology and improve the product experience for our customers globally. You will play a key role in characterizing battery materials, understanding degradation mechanisms, and optimizing cell performance in areas such as charge capability, energy, and lifetime. In this position you will manage multiple high-impact projects, utilizing existing techniques, developing innovative approaches, and analyzing data to accelerate the characterization of batteries. We open to hire at the Engineer, Sr. Engineer and Staff Engineer levels.

What You'll Do

  • Be a key member of a cross functional team to lead qualification efforts for new cell programs from concept to completion
  • Conduct investigations, prepare related status reports for problems or issues and make recommendations as required
  • Interpret and quantify degradation modes of various battery chemistries and propose countermeasures
  • Develop new electrochemical/chemical tests to analyze battery materials or parameters, elucidate fundamental mechanisms leading to degradation, and improve cell performance
  • Interpret electrochemical and electrode characterization data to optimize lithium-ion battery performance on new and existing cells


  • What You'll Bring

  • Degree in Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or equivalent experience
  • 3 years of industrial experience in cell testing and qualification
  • Hands-on experience in battery assembly, teardown, testing, characterization and diagnostics
  • Experience with performing FMEA as a methodical approach for identifying potential risks in a new or changed design /process
  • Familiar with degradation mechanisms and of batteries and battery materials
  • Ability to learn new concepts and methods, propose design of experiments, and execute independently
  • Some coding experience preferred (i.e. MATLAB, Python, and/or similar data analysis tool)


  • 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

    $109,600 - $195,600/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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    Salary : $109,600 - $195,600

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