Reliability Test Engineer, Energy

As a Reliability Test Engineer focusing on mechanical and thermal systems, you will play a key role in designing reliability into Tesla Energy's next-generation Industrial, Residential and Charging products.This position plays a crucial role in the product reliability lifecycle from concept to design, developmenttesting, analysis, manufacturing and field operation to optimize product design for best-in-class lifetime customerexperience. You will uncover design and process failures through executing physical tests and developing automated test equipment to gather and analyze performance and reliability test data.

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• Lead test engineering activities for mechanical and thermal systems including: solar products, environmental chambers, enclosures, busbars/conductors and thermal actuators (pumps, radiators, manifolds, etc).
• Lead engineering activities for inspection of spot and mig welds
• Design and execution of product reliability testing including hands-on testing with real hardware
• Design, build and implement next-gen hardware and software test systems to facilitate robust performance characterization and accelerated life testing
• Determine validation architecture and strategies that optimize for product reliability and DFMEA-based risk mitigations while optimizing test team resources and program test schedules
• Conduct performance and failure analysis with data you acquired, clearly communicate test results, and collaborate cross-functionally with design and reliability engineers
• Train technicians/engineers to operate and troubleshoot test equipment
• Comply with safety policies and regulations

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in hardware design validation, test instrumentation and data acquisition systems
• Experience designing and fabricating custom test platforms and fixtures to capture real-world product applications
• Knowledge of general programming in scripting languages for test automation and data analysis / post-processing
• Experience utilizing basic test equipment including environmental chambers, chillers and power supplies
• Experience working safely with high voltage equipment (up to 1kV)
• Experience using basic hand and power tools
• Experience using CAD software for custom test fixture design
• Excellent teamwork/interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills