The Role
Tesla's mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Residential energy products are a critical component of this mission enabling customers to generate, store, and consume sustainable energy to power their lives. Energy at Tesla is a rapidly growing part of the overall business with products like Powerwall, PV Inverter, Backup Switch, Gateway, and Solar Roof providing a seamless clean energy experience for customers.

We are seeking someone who is hardworking and passionate about solving the climate problem. In parallel, you must show evidence of sustained excellence in being an effective leader who brings creativity and drive to complex hardware product problems. In this role you'll be expected to leverage your thorough mechanical and electrical engineering understanding, as well as knowledge of the global residential energy storage market to identify, scope, and prioritize key hardware products and features in conjunction with the engineering team to build our hardware development roadmap. This role requires coordination between many different groups internal and external to Tesla, collaborating across teams such as hardware and compliance engineering, sales, business development, policy, and field operations to ensure the successful development and sustained improvement of our products.


Responsibilities

• Identify and define the requirements for our hardware product variants and features across the global markets that Tesla Energy operates in, driving increased product adoption in new geographies and market segments
• Set hardware feature priorities and timelines for the global Residential Energy business, analyzing the customer experience, financial, and sales impact of different features to provide data-driven recommendations to engineering teams
• Use fleet, customer, and market data to make recommendations on hardware product and feature decisions / tradeoffs that must be regularly prioritized
• Own energy hardware technical competitive analysis that informs the engineering teams, while continuously evaluating other storage providers' specifications and performance data
• Support product marketing and technical documentation creation
• Act as the technical support point of contact for our global customers and sales teams
• Continuously gather field and customer feedback to drive product and feature decisions
• Regularly communicate product roadmap updates to global sales and operations teams
• Drive action & accountability from key operations and engineering stakeholders to meet business priorities
• Provide visibility and engage leadership on key timeline risks, product tradeoffs, issues, and decisions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• Direct experience in hardware development and interfacing with engineering teams
• Strong knowledge of global energy storage markets and experience working directly with sales and business development teams
• Direct experience with solar, energy storage, electrical concepts, and home construction
• A relentless drive to make things happen, without accepting the status quo
• Ability to operate independently, bringing solutions and prioritization to complex problems
• Experience and comfort working with large datasets to drive decision making
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage simultaneous projects in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time

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 - $264,000/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.