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Tesla Motors, Inc.

Systems Engineer, Drive Unit NVH, Semi

Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306

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What to Expect Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Engineer to lead NVH for our high-volume automated functional test equipment (such as dynamometers) with the Drive Unit Test team in Palo Alto, CA. You will work closely with Tesla's internal Product Design, Production and Quality Engineering teams and lead cross-functional activities to deploy new Drive Unit NVH test systems. You will assume full ownership of the design, development, and optimization of the NVH test process along with leading the technical transfer of the knowledge to Tesla factory teams so they can own and sustain long term.

What You'll Do

Develop, improve and documentNVHtest profiles and metric calculations to detect defects and optimize production yield for our drive unit products globally

Analyze productionNVHdata to identify expected and actual impacts of product design changes and ensure seamless integration with drive unit design and factory teams

Correlate NVH data with mechanical and electrical system behaviors along with vehicle-level performance to define objective metric limits

Support equipment development of our productionNVHTesters (Dynos)

Collaborate with the product design, supply chain, and factory teams to drive improvements in our products and factories

What You'll Bring

Strong understanding of acoustics and vibration principles like order analysis, modal analysis, digital signal processing and sound quality metrics

Experience specifying, validating and working with NVH test equipment including impact hammers, shakers, PU probes, accelerometers and microphones and software (Signal X, LMS Testlab)

Familiarity with CAN-based data acquisition and processing

Experience analyzing large data sets to process improvements (SQL, Python, JMP, Minitab)

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or equivalentexperience

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 $84,000 - $276,000/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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