Energy Systems Support Engineering Lead

What to Expect

The Energy Systems Support Engineering Lead provides support for industrial battery energy storage products. This primarily involves leading and working with a team of engineers to diagnose and resolve equipment problems reported by Tesla’s customers and internal automated monitoring infrastructure. This is accomplished in connection with Tesla’s asset managers and internal technicians, 3rd party on-site field technicians, and external site owners.

This role is on-site, and can sit out of any of the following locations: Fremont, Palo Alto, Lathrop, CA, or Austin, TX

What You'll Do

• Become the technical owner for a portfolio of commercial or utility sites and ensure the defined tasks are completed timely and appropriately
• Lead the team to detect and diagnose product and site issues, support technical questions from other teams and customers, and drive issues to resolution
• Organize retrospective meetings as needed and seek feedback from leadership and internal stakeholders to drive process and efficiency improvement over time
• Lead the team to manage sites outages and ensure outages are logged and classified properly by identifying the issues, causes and the responsible party of each outage
• Perform site audits and communicate audit results and concerns to cross-functional teams including Asset Management, Service Engineering, Field Services, and SCADA team, etc.
• Support planned customer testing as required in LTSA including energy capacity testing, RTE, and Frequency and respond to the emergency and urgent requests as needed for high-impact sites
• Maintain and optimize the health and performance of the utility sites through firmware and software updates, Own tracking high-impact technical issues and leading the cross-functional team to implement solutions

What You'll Bring

• Experience with the Linux/UNIX programming environment
• Experience with communication systems and protocols such as TCP/IP, including the tools available at the command line interface to troubleshoot network communication issues
• Good understanding of electrical theory and experience / working knowledge with emphasis on DC power systems or other electronic systems/devices/components
• Good understanding of a technical support environment and processes, including ability to document case histories clearly, accurately and with detail. Ability to prioritize workflows effectively according to multiple criteria. Experience with CRM systems, mobile case/ticketing systems, bug tracking systems
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience as a technical lead or people manager will be a plus Foreign language proficiency a plus

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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

$120,800 - $307,200/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.

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.