Field Investigation Engineer, Abuse Test & Engineering

Company: Women In Tech
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

What to ExpectAs a member of the Product Safety Engineering group, you will be at the forefront of ensuring the safety of Tesla's products across Vehicles, Energy, and Robotics. Our team is responsible for understanding extreme real-world scenarios to inform the design of our products, with the goal of leading the industry in handling these conditions.We're seeking an experienced Engineer to join our team, where you'll perform investigations into novel technical issues with a variety of products, working with cross-functional teams to quickly understand root causes of failures, inform mitigation strategies, and feedback understandings into new designs.What You'll Do

• Investigate the root cause of technical issues involving various systems, their sub-components, and firmware. This includes batteries and other systems in vehicles, energy products, and robotics.
• Perform field inspections of various products.
• Recreate abusive conditions and failure modes to confirm theories about system properties.
• Develop and validate mitigations to identified issues and coordinate interdisciplinary product improvement implementations.
• Develop internal standards and processes to continue to improve the safety of our products.What You'll Bring
  • Degree in Engineering, preferably mechanical, electrical, chemical, or equivalent experience.
  • Fundamentals in thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
  • Experience with field investigation.
  • Ability to interact across a variety of groups collaboratively.
  • Practical, hands-on, can-do attitude.
  • Failure analysis experience a plus.
  • Lithium ion / automotive / grid scale energy storage experience a plus.
  • Approximately 25-50% expected travel.Compensation and BenefitsAlong with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
    • Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) 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.
    • Employee Assistance Program.
    • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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$84,000 - $168,000/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.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.Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
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