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# Performance Engineer, Industrial Storage

- **Company:** Tesla Motors
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $228,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Big Data, Computer Engineering, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, SQL Databases, Scripting, Performance Testing, System Availability, Build Tools
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87229363/1

## About the Role

* A mission-driven mindset to keep critical renewable infrastructure online
 * Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a equivalent experience
 * 2+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following: product engineering, systems engineering, reliability engineering, commissioning, maintenance, or performance testing of power generation or energy storage facilities
 * Proficiencywith Python, SQL, or equivalent tools for data analysis on large datasets
 * Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively across multiple teams
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and concise technical documents and diagrams
 * Ability to prioritize and execute multiple projects in parallel; self-directed, highly detail-oriented, and organized
 * Willingness to travel domestically up to5% of the time, occasionally on short notice
 * Role includes periodic on-call 24/7 support of external customers

## Description

In this cross functional role you will work closely with design, manufacturing, field service, technical support, and SCADA/Netops to ensure Tesla Energy customers receive industry-leading service and system availability worldwide. If you enjoy solving real-world problems from first principles, working with a close-knit team, and making a tangible impact on the clean energy transition, this is the role for you.
What You'll Do

 * Trace failures to their root cause using schematics, logs, fleet data, scripting, and first-principles engineering, quantifying impact and driving permanent fixes across the global fleet
 * Drive proven solutions into automation, playbooks, and documentation for field service and technical support worldwide
 * Define fleet-wide problems, propose solutions, and lead design or product changes with partner teams; distilling multi-system issues into clear requirements for hardware, manufacturing, software, networking, and field teams
 * Build tools and write software that accelerate diagnosis, detection, and analysis and use those learnings to collaborate across design, manufacturing, field service, technical support, and SCADA/Netops to raise fleet reliability
 * Handle escalated global customer cases, communicating root cause and resolution clearly to commercial and utility customers, and leading testing or investigations at critical operating sites