Counsel, Immigration

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What To Expect
The Corporate Counsel, U.S. Immigration will be a critical individual contributor on Tesla’s Global Immigration team within Talent Mobility. This role plays a key part in enabling Tesla to build world-class teams by helping bring the best talent on the planet to the company — quickly and compliantly.
The position is responsible for building strong cross-functional partnerships with Recruiting, HR, and business leaders to execute immigration sponsorship assessments in-house. The attorney will directly advise internal stakeholders on employment-based immigration matters, including non-immigrant visas (NIV) and permanent residency (IV), while also driving high-volume, business-critical programs and providing indirect oversight to immigration specialists.
This position can be based at Gigafactory Texas in Austin or at Tesla’s Engineering Headquarters in Palo Alto.
What You'll Do

Provide legal advice and strategic direction to Tesla employees, managers, HR and other stakeholders regarding immigration cases

Assess feasibility of new hire immigration sponsorship and advise recruiting partners on critical steps and timelines to start for new hires and employee transfers

Partner with recruiting technology, applications engineering, and support teams on continuous improvement efforts to immigration databases and processes

Provide indirect oversight to Immigration Specialists’ case management of NIV and IV cases

Create and run reports and dashboards and contribute to the monitoring and maintenance of employees’ immigration statuses, including monitoring expiration dates, filing dates to ensure regulatory compliance

Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and program health

Prepare and file immigrant/non-immigrant petitions or applications, as needed

What You'll Bring

Juris Doctor and license to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction

4+ years of business immigration experience in a high-volume setting

Deep expertise in both non-immigrant and immigrant visa categories

Proven ability to successfully guide technical teams — including software and AI engineers — through complex immigration pathways such as O-1 and EB-1

Demonstrated ability to manage projects, improve processes, and take initiative

Experience mentoring or indirectly supervising team members is a plus

Clear communicator with a bias for action and continuous improvement

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:

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
$172,000 - $282,000/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.
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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Utilities

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