Sustaining Reliability Engineer, Low Voltage Electronics

What To Expect
We are looking for a Sustaining Reliability Engineer, Low-voltage (LV) electronics with background in LV electronics modules and components. In this role, you will be at the forefront of our commitment to quality and reliability, executing a range of responsibilities that directly impact our products' performance and customer satisfaction. As a successful candidate, you will be responsible for identifying risks and designing and implementing mitigation strategies associated with the manufacturing of our products.

This role is highly engaging and you will work with various internal and external cross-functional teams and management. You will oversee validation testing and convey the results to all involved teams. You will play a pivotal part in transitioning from New Product Introduction (NPI) to mass production while also enhancing our technology and volume scaling partnerships by cultivating and validating capable suppliers. You will develop and implement targeted validation plans and procedures for internal manufacturing teams as well as external suppliers to provide early detection of reliability issues during mass production. You will assess manufacturing changes and risks, develop test plans to validate them, and oversee root cause analysis for failures identified in tests.

You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world, and you must be self-motivated with the desire to push boundaries. If you have a strong technical first-principles understanding, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine fascination for engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge technology of Tesla’s products and shape the future. It comes natural to you to deliver results under high pressure with tight schedules.

The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview.

What You'll Do

Mitigate manufacturing risks and ensure product reliability during scaling, ramping, and high-volume production across global factories

Oversee production validation, early-life reliability monitoring, supplier qualification, and smooth NPI-to-mass production transitions

Apply expertise in reliability methods and low-voltage electronics to develop accelerated test plans for sustaining activities, including burn-in, ESS, ORT, and reliability growth demonstration

Generate validation test plans for manufacturing, process, or supplier changes (internal/external), and drive root cause corrective actions

Collaborate with quality, service, supplier, and design teams to conduct failure analysis and resolve testing/field failures

Analyze field usage, environmental conditions, and reliability metrics to optimize test methods and requirements for ongoing production

Provide reliability guidelines, apply lessons learned, and use statistical methods to enable continuous improvements in manufacturing and early-life performance

Work closely with Field Reliability Teams to identify and drive mitigation for field excursions related to manufacturing deviations

What You'll Bring

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experince

2 years of experience with low-voltage electronic components/systems and laboratory testing (including relevant internships or academic lab work)

Understanding of manufacturing processes for electronic components

Experience with burn-in testing, Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), and Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT)

Understanding of highly accelerated testing methods and governing equations for acceleration models

Experience developing reliability guidelines and innovative testing approaches for sustaining production

Working knowledge of reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, and tools like JMP or Minitab

Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques, such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning, and EDX

Self-driven and focused, with proven ability to manage parallel tasks in a fast-paced environment

Proven ability to stay engaged, proactive, and positive in challenging situations

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

$91,600 - $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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