The Tesla Energy Compliance team is looking for a Compliance Test Engineer to support the global deployment of grid interactive, grid support and micro-grid inverters.
In this role you’ll be responsible for grid certifications, ranging from identifying market entry requirements through design consultancy, certification and permitting. Participating in code development groups to advance industry standards while removing technical barriers to facilitate the deployment of innovative product technologies.
What You’ll Do
- Run test cases on Tesla energy products for grid and safety compliance. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to troubleshoot the EUT and prepare alternative solutions, negotiate testing scope and pass/fail criteria with NRTLs while meeting project timeline and safe work practices
- Setup test configuration hardware and firmware, post process test results and submit results to certification body
- Propose and implement process improvement opportunities to facilitate testing and certification process
- Create configuration file for each country/utility to meet grid compliance requirements
- Write Compliance Product Design Requirements (CPDR) summarizing grid and/or safety compliance requirements for design team to achieve compliance
- Support product registrations and permitting applications
- Consultant to engineering design teams
- Research new market entry requirements
- Represent Tesla on code and committee groups to aid in renewable code advancement and feed upcoming requirements to internal stakeholders for early adoption
- Track codes, standards and regulatory changes and forward plan
- Serve as an expert resource for the compliance test engineers
- Work with NRTLs to achieve product compliance (Plan and manage NRTLs)
What You’ll Bring
- Pursuing a Degree in Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field
- Experience taking a solar power and energy storage systems through a certification process
- Experienced in grid interactive and grid support standards
- Strong interpersonal and communications skills
- Attention to detail and ability to navigate/interpret ambiguity of standards
- Proven track record in renewable product certifications
- Highly experienced in global grid interaction/support codes and standards
- High voltage/power experience
- Experience with LabVIEW, Yokogawa, Dewetron or other data acquisition and analyzer tools, grid simulator, RLC load bank and communication interfaces
