Tesla · 1 month ago
Vehicle Attributes Testing Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$112K/yr - $228K/yr
3+ years expTesla is a leading electric vehicle manufacturer, seeking a Vehicle Test Engineer focused on chassis and vehicle dynamics. This role involves managing testing operations, developing test plans, and collaborating with design teams to ensure vehicle readiness for development activities.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleEnergyManufacturingRenewable EnergyTransportation
Responsibilities
Oversee specific vehicles from the attributes fleet, ensuring vehicle health, managing reworks, and handling hardware and software troubleshooting
Develop and manage test plans with the program attribute lead to ensure completion of development objectives
Coordinate vehicle transports, consumables planning, and communication with test facilities and workshops during testing activities
Execute standardized full vehicle tests in chassis, vehicle dynamics, and brakes, including objective characterization and subjective evaluation
Collaborate with attributes program managers and leads to align vehicle test plans with design team release schedules
Set up instrumentation equipment such as accelerometers, damper pots, IMUs, steering and pedal actuators, and wheel force transducers
Conduct component-level testing, including operation of test rigs and basic data analysis
Qualification
Required
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physics, or equivalent experience
Minimum of 3 years of experience in automotive test engineering
Proficiency in vehicle instrumentation and data analysis using industry-standard tools
Experience with vehicle dynamics post-processing coding environments
Familiarity with MoTeC or similar data logging and analysis platforms
Preferred
Experience with MS Project and Jira
Benefits
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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
Societe GeneraleEuropean UnionPennDOT
2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
2023-08-15Grant· $0.23M
Leadership Team
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
Recent News
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