Regulatory Compliance Engineer, Safety

Tesla•Fremont, CA

1d•$80,000 - $174,000

About The Position

To ensure Tesla’s overall mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, testing and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy grid connected energy storage system at residential, industrial, and utility levels. Tesla Compliance Engineering team is looking for experienced Engineer(s) who is passionate about product safety and reliability to drive the world’s transition to a sustainable future. We emphasize collaboration in our work, and always encourage each other to have fun while we are changing the world together.  The Engineer(s) will perform the testing and global certifications on renewable energy and electrical vehicle charging products. These products incorporate solar, battery and energy management technologies to meet national and international standards of ASNI, UL, IEEE, IEC, EN, KN, JIS, GB, and CSA. In this role you will work with nationally recognized testing laboratories (NRTL) and our product design teams to get our hi-tech product(s) access pass to the global markets, which may include but not limited to the regulatory product architecture/design, developing validation plans, compliance roadmap scheduling, in-house compliance testing, debug/RCA, data analysis, and preparing regulatory documentations, etc. In addition, you will participate in trade groups and technical standards committees to drive legislation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, preferred major in Power Electronics or equivalent experience
More than 2 years’ experience in product regulatory and compliance role
Experienced in renewable energy products/standards and power electronics
Understanding the EU CE requirements, North American Listings and APAC regulations and Compliance / certification experience per ANSI/CAN/UL/IEEE and IEC/EN/ISO standards
Demonstrated experience of taking products through the certification process
Ability to navigate/interpret ambiguity of various product safety standards
Experience with laboratory test equipment and data acquisition system, such as the oscilloscopes, the power analyzers, data loggers, etc.
Knowledge of energy storage systems, low and high voltage power electronic circuits
Hands-on experience with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering components, understanding of how they interact in complex products
Knowledge of product safety and compliance, knows how to do the construction review and making testing packages per national (ANSI/UL/CAN) and International (IEC/EN/ISO) product safety standards for the Energy storage systems, the Inverter/converters, and the control systems, etc.

Responsibilities

Regulatory product architecture and design
Support the research of new market entry requirements
Review of products, specifications, and test plans
Developing test criteria, methodologies and pass/fail criteria
Support product registrations and permitting applications
Debug/RCA non-conformities of products
Work with NRTLs to achieve product compliance certificates
Convert problem statements to specification requirements
Compliance validation & data analysis which may include high power grid-connected batteries, EV chargers and solar products
Perform product safety testing, troubleshooting and bug fixing with Tesla cross functional Teams (ME, EE, SW and FW 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