CAE & CFD Engineer, Semi, Battery Engineering

CAE/CFD Engineers on the Battery Team are at the leading edge of the next generation Tesla products. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing and optimizing the performance of revolutionary vehicle and energy storage battery designs. The Battery team help pushing cell performance limits to make incredible products. You will be an innovative and skilled problem solver - using all analytical tools available to you. Where these tools are insufficient or do not exist, you will develop novel methodologies to enable fast and accurate solutions. You will be brilliant both technically as an individual, and as an active member in a diverse and challenging cross-functional team environment. The role requires strong fundamentals, a passion to push the boundaries of technology and the tenacity to make designs successful. Our design requirements push the limits of physical possibility, which requires you to be extremely detail oriented in supporting the design engineers making tradeoffs. Tesla moves quickly, so being self-motivated and disciplined is critical. You must be passionate, but direction changes quickly, so you must be resilient as well.

Responsibilities

• Drive manufacturing centric battery pack/module designs with CAE and CFD, while balancing all applicable requirements with state-of-the-art design and innovative manufacturing methodologies
• Perform advanced CAE and CFD simulations to evaluate and enhance sub-systems and full product simulations of specific design attributes and manufacturing processes
• Develop and apply advanced methodologies with smart analysis techniques to drive innovation into Tesla products
• High skills level in multidisciplinary domains of single and multi-phase CFD, Thermal, Coupled electrical and Thermal CAE
• Develop and support subsystem level & full vehicle correlations in line with standard protocols and best practices
• Conduct optimization studies by utilizing optimization tools, including DOE/ DFSS techniques on components, assemblies, or vehicle designs to meet performance requirements with the constraints of mass and cost
• Perform analyses for feasibility of manufacturing, assembly, and service processes
• Provide input in the creation of component specification, component DFMEA, and other technical design documents where analysis plays a pivotal role
• Produce concise management summaries and report-outs that meet the needs of management system functions
• Collaboration with other modeling and design teams

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of: Finite Element Analysis, Finite Volume Method, CFD, Material Science and Computational Numerical Methods within a product development environment in a transportation industry
• Minimum 5+ years of demonstrated successful experience with at least two relevant product lines
• Excellent applied experience in COMSOL, ANSYS-FLUENT, STAR CCM+
• Applied experience in MATLAB and Simulink preferred
• Preferred experience in HV battery design and optimization
• Demonstrated experience in stand-alone or coupled analysis of electronic components for thermal, fluid mechanics, electro-magnetism, and structural
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on pioneering and challenging problems
• Demonstrated ability to deliver analysis on difficult projects with tight timing constraints
• Demonstrated ability to deconstruct complex test scenarios with good logic and analytics and root-causing correlation problems
• Demonstrated ability in iterative and collaborative automotive-similar engineering environments

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

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

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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

$80,000 - $300,000/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.