Data Engineer, Fleet Analytics, Cell Quality & Field Reliability

The Data Engineer, Fleet Analytics for Cell Quality and Field Reliability focuses on building scalable data pipelines, analyzing field failures, and delivering insights to engineering leadership across Tesla programs to improve fleet reliability and cell quality.

Responsibilities

• Conduct extensive data studies on field failures and correlations with upstream cell manufacturing processes; develop test models to ensure proper detection and outlier rejection criteria for field rejects.
• Identify trends from field return data and quantify reliability risks for diagnostics of key signals and metrics, including potential deviations from cell and firmware specifications.
• Analyze Field Reliability and Quality data for cell related failures and failure modes to predict expected failure rates and affected populations; verify effectiveness of corrective actions at Tesla and with suppliers.
• Build scalable and reliable data pipelines to deploy, test, and monitor the performance metrics of models in production environments.
• Produce clear data visualizations, author technical presentations, and summarize high impact technical findings into strategic insights for engineering and leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Experience with multiple data architecture paradigms (e.g., MySQL, Microsoft SQL, MongoDB, Kafka, Hadoop, HBase, Spark).
• Knowledge of ETL orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Data visualization experience with Tableau and Power BI.
• Proficiency in Python for time series analysis and applied statistics (inference, anomaly detection, etc.).
• Experience with model training frameworks and modern machine learning concepts, including integration and workflows to deploy accurate models to production.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate complex data solutions into business impact.
• Strong follow-through and organizational discipline, with the ability to track multiple projects and drive them to resolution.

Technologies

• MySQL
• Microsoft SQL
• MongoDB
• Kafka
• Hadoop
• HBase
• Spark
• Airflow
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Python

Benefits

• Medical plans with options requiring $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution options
• Company paid 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 and AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time, with flex time for salaried positions and accrued hours for hourly positions, plus paid holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft and legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

What to Expect

The Cell Quality team is a small unit within Tesla's R&D organization focused on incoming, production, and field reliability for Li-ion cells across programs such as Model 3, Model Y, Cybertruck, Semi, and Energy Products. The role centers on driving daily fleet diagnostics and analytics, with process improvement recommendations based on fleet data and known field returns for all cell programs. The candidate will lead or support quality oriented initiatives within this area.

Expected Compensation

USD 120,000 to 180,000 per year, plus eligibility for cash and stock awards and benefits. Pay offered may vary based on location, knowledge, skills, and experience; total compensation may include additional elements dependent on the offer.

Compensation and Benefits

• Medical plans with options requiring $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution options
• Company paid 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 and AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time, with flex time for salaried positions and accrued hours for hourly positions, plus paid holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting resources
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft and legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program