Tesla Motors Jobs

Electro-Mechanical Engineer, System Integration

Req. ID:

1053

Office Location:

Palo Alto

# of openings:

Job Shift:

Job Type:

Full time

Electro-Mechanical Engineer – System Integration

(Location: Palo Alto, California)

About Tesla Motors

Tesla Motors is leading the world in the production of highway-capable battery-powered

electrical vehicles. The company makes thrilling products, provides an exciting work

environment, and is leading the transportation industries toward significant

improvements in energy efficiency in vehicles.

Tesla Motors is seeking an Electro-mechanical Engineer who has had 3-7 years of

design responsibility for systems with actuators, sensors, power switching, distributed

controllers. This engineer will be responsible for the selection of components,

specification and design of subsystem interfaces, and will have a substantial role

designing low-voltage system architecture for Tesla Electric Vehicles, This engineer

must be eager to work in start-up company environment with great opportunities for

growth and spectacular achievement.

This Role Requires:

-passion for electro-mechanical systems, inventing solutions, and finding better and

simpler ways to meet product requirements.

-a quick and flexible approach to information gathering, design, synthesis, and

collaboration.

-an understanding of technical details of motors, solenoids, pumps, switches, sensors,

relays, lamps and indicators, LCD displays, speakers, wiper systems, stability control

and active suspension, antennas. Analog and digital I/O and processing.

-strong capability to carry primary technical responsibility for component specification

and selection, interface design, and integration of electro-mechanical systems to meet

program requirements.

-fluency with device driver topologies and implementation, variable voltage and current

drive systems, driving inductive loads, etc

-fluency with signals and noise, shielding requirements, EMC/EMI/ESD protection and

conformance, grounding practices.

-fluency in engineering analysis and design of electrical circuits and systems

-building prototypes, developing and debugging benchtop systems, testing systems in

engineering vehicles, supporting production and service to solve problems.

-developing and maintaining bills-of-materials and production documentation

-reading and developing vehicle-level wiring diagrams and schematics.

-comfort working on multiple projects simultaneously, interacting with multiple teams,

and gathering data necessary to succeed delivering high-quality, low-cost solutions on-

time and on-budget.

This Engineer Should:

-have solid technical breadth in electrical engineering.

-have skills in the lab: debugging electrical problems on an complex electrical systems,

using multimeters, current measurement techniques, oscilloscopes, signal and

spectrum analyzers, and other means.

-be able to manage small project schedules and budgets

-ideally have experience with Automotive electrical systems, components, controllers,

and communication network architecture.

Tesla provides a rare opportunity to work for a company with: exciting challenges, great

opportunities for broad responsibility, truly beneficial products, high-visibility and name

recognition, and competitive salary, stock options, and benefits. This position is in Palo

Alto, California.