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Tesla Sr Thermal Design Engineer Megapack 
United States, California, Palo Alto 
769358960

13.08.2024
What You’ll Do
  • Design packaging and components that provide airflow management, coolant and refrigerant flow management, and thermal actuator mounting, optimizing for efficiency, cost, manufacturability, and serviceability
  • Mechanical design of components and assemblies including plastics, sheet metal, structural metals, insulation systems, sealing methods, fluid connectors, fasteners, busbars, and other components, with hands on prototyping
  • Develop and execute component and subsystem design validation plans and test methods to validate product adherence to requirements
  • Create high quality drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies
  • Collaborate with thermal, systems, electrical, supply chain, manufacturing, service/deployment teams, and reliability teams to take designs from prototype through mass production
  • Assist in engineering prototype builds and component fabrication
  • Root cause and solve test failures and production problems
  • Travel to support production launch and ramp (supplier visits, on-site at Tesla factories, etc.)
What You’ll Bring
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of product design experience
  • Experience in designing for high volume assembly, both manual and automated
  • Strong engineering fundamentals in heat transfer, mechanics, and fluids
  • Deep understanding of material science of components used in mechanical design (metals, insulators, plastics, connectors, gaskets, etc) and their fabrication processes
  • Experience with various manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, welding / brazing, metal stamping, extruding, thermoforming, plating, heat treating, and bonding
  • Experience defining test plans, designing test setups, and analyzing data
  • A detail-oriented personality with solid documentation and reporting skills
  • Proficiency in CAD modeling, CATIA preferred