Durability Development Engineer

As a Durability Development Engineer, you sit at the intersection of data, simulation, and physical testing, playing a critical role in defining and achieving structural and fatigue targets for next-generation vehicle platforms. You will decode real-world customer usage into engineering targets.

We operate with high agency, you will own and drive the entire process of loads developments: from defining the problem statements and requirements all the way to deployment for designing and testing. The quality of your understanding and processing of the data into develop meaningful loads will be critical to success.

You will collaborate across engineering functions to predict structural behavior and accelerate vehicle development cycles.

- Understand product and customer usage requirements, supported by data analytics from vehicle testing and customer insights
- Process large datasets in conjunction with your strong first-principles engineering skills to extract loads and requirements across the entire vehicle or vehicle systems
- Derive those into deployable loads and test profiles in alignment with all stakeholders
- Ensure successful deployments and execution for designing & testing
- Build, automate, and maintain robust analytical data pipelines and signal processing workflows to ingest, clean, and interpret large datasets
- Build fast, scalable, and automated tools and algorithms
- Aid loads developments using both test data and simulation tools, performing some of your own simulations with MBD tools
- Use data analytics and develop tools to unlock Analysis' team model correlations and improve the team's predictive capabilities
- You will continuously drive improvements thanks to field learning in closing the loop on your loads development work

- High agency and ownership: Proven ability to operate in ambiguity, define problem statements independently, and drive engineering solutions to completion
- Strong foundation in mechanical engineering fundamentals, including fatigue of materials, structural dynamics, vibrations, and mechanics of materials
- Demonstrated proficiency in programming and numerical analysis (Python, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, or equivalent) for processing large-scale time-series datasets
- Strong background in digital signal processing (filtering, spectral analysis, FFT, PSD, rainflow counting, and damage equivalent load calculations
- Experience with vehicle instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and dynamic road load data analysis (RLDA)
- Relentless curiosity and sharp physical intuition for diagnosing physical vehicle behavior from test data
- Strong technical communication skills to translate complex analytical findings into design constraints for cross-functional engineering teams

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
- Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)
Expected Compensation $91,600 - $164,400/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.