Tesla Sr Reliability Test Engineer Energy 

United States, New York, Buffalo 

749100810

In this role you will support testing of solar, charging and other Tesla Energy products. You’ll be responsible for designing test fixtures used for Tesla products built at Gigafactory New York, detailing test methodologies, performing and optimizing a wide variety of mechanical and electrical tests, data acquisition/analysis and presentation of results to wider teams.

• Convert problem statements to specification requirements
• Energy & charging product test validation & data analysis which includes Supercharging, PVI, Power electronics, solar products
• Support product safety testing, troubleshooting and bug fixing
• Monitor Laboratory and test equipment performance to quickly detect and fix issues
• Collaboration with the Product Compliance and Product Design teams to design and perform validation testing
• Work with Tesla cross functional Teams (ME, EE, SW and FW teams)
• Lead and direct a small team of Quality Lab Technicians
• Expand the Quality Labs capabilities as needed by the business

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
• CMM and Metrology expereience is preffered
• Experience with a multitude of laboratory tes tequipment and data acquisition tools ranging from oscilloscopes, power analyzers to high power AC amplifiers
• Strong knowledge of power systems, low and high voltage power electronic systems
• Proven track record in renewable product testing for Compliance or Validation
• 2 Years’ experience in a laboratory testing environment
• High voltage/power experience
• Required to lead and support 5S activities to ensure that workplace is organized, equipment spares are properly maintained and material flows through the lab in an efficient and accurate manner