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Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg is Tesla’s first and most modern production site in Europe, where we manufacture the Model Y. Our international team consists of over 11,000 employees from 130 nationalities. From battery cells to electric vehicles, everything is expected to be produced at one location starting in 2027 – this is unique in Europe.

Prior experience in the automotive industry is not required. We hire talent at all qualification levels. Together we bring forward-thinking products to market with exceptional speed and innovation. You want to help write Tesla’s success story and work at one of Germany’s most modern workplaces? Then you’re exactly who we’re looking for!

Tesla has existed since 2003 and was founded with the goal of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy and thus protecting planet Earth. In 2024, Tesla owners worldwide saved 32 million tons of CO2.

Since production began, Model Y vehicles built at Giga Berlin have traveled almost 12 billion kilometers emission-free. Our mission is building a world of amazing abundance.

We offer not only an attractive compensation package – you will also receive access to a wide range of benefits, such as:

  • Insurance: Disability, life, legal protection, accident, and travel insurance
  • Free On-Site Offerings: Medical Center, gym, barber shop, massage chairs, language courses, training programs, e-bike charging, over 500 electric vehicle charging points
  • Financial: Corporate Benefits discounts, stock purchase program, Tesla Shop discount
  • Health: Company pension plan, Urban Sports Club discount, priority doctor appointments, employee assistance program
  • Family: Reserved childcare spots, gift box for expecting parents
  • Mobility: Model Y for 25 EUR/day, bike leasing, job ticket, free NextBike usage

(Associate/Senior/Lead) Manufacturing Equipment Design Engineer, Automated Test Equipment, Manufacturing Test Engineering (m/w/d)

What to Expect:

We seek a highly motivated, technically excellent engineering leader for a senior position in the Manufacturing Test Engineering group, a team focused on creating robust, beautiful, data-centric production testing equipment for Tesla’s products. This team concentrates on mechanical, electrical, software, and controls of dense and reliable capital equipment for our production lines around the world. This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of the “machine that builds the machine”. 

The ideal candidate takes ownership of complex technical problems, mentors junior engineers, and drives technical strategy. They excel at hands-on engineering work, analytical rigor, cross-functional leadership, and systems-level thinking. They thrive in environments where superior work is encouraged, noticed, and rewarded and where senior individuals carry tremendous responsibility for technical direction and team success.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead architecture and design of high-level and detailed-level automation equipment in CAD, establishing technical standards for the team.
  • Drive technical strategy for test equipment platforms across multiple product lines.
  • Mentor and develop mechanical engineers, providing technical guidance and design review feedback.
  • Establish best practices for solid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics calculations; advance team capability in Thermal and Structural FEA, GD&T, tolerance stack-up analyses, and material selection.
  • Lead conceptual development of novel test equipment, balancing product specifications, process requirements, layout complexity, cost, and aggressive lead-time constraints.
  • Design for manufacturing and assembly concepts for complex, high-volume testers.
  • Layout pneumatic and hydraulic schematics using AutoCAD Electrical.
  • Own end-to-end test strategy, establishing clear test plans with focus on test time reduction, data integrity, and equipment simplicity.
  • Lead design review meetings with senior stakeholders across design, manufacturing, sustaining, and firmware teams.
  • Drive alignment across engineering, operations, and supply chain organizations throughout project lifecycle.
  • Manage vendor relationships at strategic level, establishing technical partnerships and managing critical deliverables.
  • Represent the team in technical discussions with executive leadership.
  • Lead build, debug, validation, and release of complex equipment to production environments globally
  • Perform on-site and off-site acceptance testing (SAT/FAT) of test equipment, making critical go/no-go decisions.
  • Drive continuous improvement of deployed equipment, establishing sustaining engineering protocols
  • Scale solutions globally, adapting designs for deployment across Tesla’s manufacturing network.

What You’ll Bring:

  • Proficient in Equipment/Machine Design, Manufacturing, or Testing environments.
  • Proven track record of leading complex automation projects from concept through production deployment.
  • Deep expertise in diagnostics software, hardware, tools, instruments, general electromechanical/mechatronic systems and measurement techniques.
  • Expert-level proficiency in SolidWorks or similar 3D CAD software; proficiency with AutoCAD Electrical
  • Advanced understanding of pneumatics and hydraulics system design.
  • Expert of various part fabrication techniques (machining, welding, sheet metal fabrication, laser cutting, etching, injection molding, 3D printing, hydroforming).
  • Experience with DFM/DFA principles for high-volume manufacturing environments.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing professional projects with demonstrated technical leadership and quantifiable impact.
  • Proven ability to transition products and processes from prototype to high-volume production
  • Experience mentoring and developing junior engineers.
  • Track record of driving technical decisions in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams without direct authority
  • Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience deploying equipment across multiple global manufacturing sites.
  • Background in high-volume consumer electronics or automotive manufacturing.
  • Experience with Industry 4.0 concepts, data-driven manufacturing, and IoT-enabled test equipment.
  • Patent applications or publications in automation/test equipment domain.

Lead/Manager (Power) Electronic/Electrical Design Engineer, Drive/Traction Inverter (Powertrain) (m/f/d)

What to Expect:

Tesla’s drive unit development team is looking for a skilled and motivated team lead to guide (power) electronic/electrical engineers pushing the power electronics propelling our vehicles to the next level. The team is presently working to improve the current – and design the next – generation of traction inverters and you will ensure project targets are met, while coordinating, assisting, and motivating the team wherever needed. It’s an exciting work environment with plenty of engineering resources and bright colleagues to collaborate with. As an industry leading company, Tesla offers the opportunity to work on bleeding edge technology in a fast paced, dynamic, and high visibility role.​

What You’ll Do:

  • Be the point of contact for any internal/external technical/organizational topics within the team.​
  • Identify and solve restrictions in daily work, define long term development plans, and everything in between, while motivating the team through challenges.​
  • Start to finish ownership of traction inverter hardware (PCBA and/or power stage) from specification to design, simulation, prototype, validation, and support high-volume manufacturing and field studies. ​
  • Collaborate with mechanical, manufacturing, test, and control/firmware engineering teams to successfully design, validate, and manufacture traction inverters.

What You’ll Bring:

  • M.Sc./Ph.D. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and evidence of exceptional ability. ​
  • 4 or more years of relevant hands-on hardware experience with designing and testing wide band-gap high voltage power converters and power stages, while managing a team of engineers.​
  • Relevant hands-on experience with designing and testing power PCBA (integrated circuits, gate drivers, sensors/signal conditioning, power supplies) and proficiency with laboratory equipment.​
  • Strong fundamentals of power semiconductors (switching waveforms, loss mechanisms) and passive electronic components (capacitor, inductors, and transformers) – modelling and selection.​

Additional Preferred Skills

  • Understanding of traction inverters design trade-offs in automotive and with respect to electric motors.​
  • Experience with power converter design for high-volume automotive applications.​
  • Working knowledge of Matlab and/or Python.​
  • Knowledge in environmental, reliability, and safety requirements for automotive applications.

Manufacturing Engineer /Factory Intelligence – Process Simulation (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Full-Stack Application Development

  • Design, develop, and maintain full-stack web applications (React, Node.js, JavaScript/HTML/CSS) serving IE, Process Engineering, and Manufacturing Operations 
  • Implement mathematical optimization engines (linear programming, CP-SAT, Pareto multi-objective) for production planning, line balancing, and scheduling 
  • Build RESTful APIs connecting frontend applications to factory data sources (SCADA, MFS, MES, Coalesce, Ignition) 
  • Develop interactive 2D/3D factory visualization tools (DeckGL) for real-time digital twin and logistics visibility  

CI/CD, Deployment & Infrastructure

  • Own the full application lifecycle — development, testing, deployment, and maintenance — following Tesla ARB and POC governance 
  • Deploy and manage applications on Tesla VM infrastructure with production-grade uptime, security, and access control 
  • Apply CI/CD practices (GitHub, versioning, automated testing) and work towards containerized delivery (Docker, Kubernetes/K8s) 
  • Manage database setup, schema design, and migration (MySQL) for live factory applications  

Manufacturing Systems & Data Integration

  • Develop working knowledge of Tesla factory systems: SCADA, Ignition, MFS, WARP, FLUX, FX, Coalesce, Fuze 
  • Build SQL and Python data pipelines to extract, clean, and transform operational data (OEE, cycle times, equipment states, logistics) 
  • Apply Industrial principles (MODAPTS, line balancing, takt time, JPH) to structure data models and solver constraints  

Discrete-Event Simulation

  • Build and validate DES models (FlexSim) for production lines, material flow, and equipment utilization supporting CAPEX/OPEX decisions 
  • Calibrate models with real-time data and deliver scenario analysis to manufacturing engineering teams  

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

  • Lead IT ARB submissions and POC processes to secure infrastructure for new deployments 
  • Engage factory teams across GFBB, GFTX, Lathrop, Houston, Fremont, and Austin to gather requirements and drive adoption 
  • Communicate technical outputs clearly to shopfloor engineers, IE leads, and senior management 

What You’ll Do:

  • Be the point of contact for any internal/external technical/organizational topics within the team.​
  • Identify and solve restrictions in daily work, define long term development plans, and everything in between, while motivating the team through challenges.​
  • Start to finish ownership of traction inverter hardware (PCBA and/or power stage) from specification to design, simulation, prototype, validation, and support high-volume manufacturing and field studies. ​
  • Collaborate with mechanical, manufacturing, test, and control/firmware engineering teams to successfully design, validate, and manufacture traction inverters.

What You’ll Bring:

  • Full-stack proficiency: React, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML/CSS; RESTful API design and backend development 
  • SQL (MySQL) and Python — schema design, query optimization, data pipelines, optimization scripting 
  • CI/CD practices, GitHub workflows; Docker/Kubernetes knowledge preferred 
  • Familiarity with industrial systems: SCADA, Ignition, MES/MFS or equivalent 
  • IE concepts: line balancing, takt time, MODAPTS, JPH, OEE, scheduling, material flow 
  • Strong analytical skills — KPI dashboards, operational reporting, data visualization 
  • DES simulation (FlexSim) a plus 
  • BS/MS in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent 
  • 1+ years in software development, data engineering, or manufacturing intelligence 
  • Autonomous, able to manage multiple projects under pressure and deliver independently 
  • Strong communication skills across all organizational levels; IT governance experience (ARB, POC) preferred 
  • Fluent in English 

Manufacturing Engineer, Tabless/Cell Assembly (m/w/d) – Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation and efficiency. Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla’s incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Engineer to commission, troubleshoot and ramp automation equipment. The engineer will also refine and develop processes. This role is with the Cell Manufacturing Engeering, Tabless – “Welder” team. This engineer will lead the early lifecyle of complex, fully automated, and hi-volume manufacturing equipment: from power-on to validation, and will spend a significant portion of his/her time on the production floor. The scope of equipment and processes include as laser welding, hi-speed pick and place, computer vision, insertions, press-fits, etc. Other responsibilities would include run trials/DoEs, planning projects, developing spefications, writing procedures, interfacing with vendor, driving budget approvals, and redesigning equipment. The engineer will work closely and cross-coordinate with Tesla’s internal Production Engineering, Maintenance, Quality Engineering, NPI and Project Management teams. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Commission, validate with statistics, and ramp up automated manufacturing lines/equipment 
  • Troubleshoot equipment, and setup and tune processes; root cause analyze and fix deviations 
  • Perform experiments to improve existing processes, or to verify or develop new processes 
  • Analyze and visualize production and trial data; present conclusions to cross-functional teams 
  • Generate equipment specifications, manufacturing instructions, and other documentation 
  • Collaborate with Production Engineering, Quality Engineering, and NPI teams on yield, quality and availability improvements 
  • Coordinate installations and upgrades with vendors and internal suppliers 

What You’ll Bring:

  • Degree in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering or related degree, or equivalent experience 
  • Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, and in hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting 
  • Skilled in data analysis (summary, regressions) and visualizations; experience with a data analysis software 
  • Has knowledge of electrical (DC) circuits fundamentals, and able to read schematics 
  • Knowledgeable in quality concepts and related statistics (SPC, capability) 
  • Able to perform mechanical tolerance stack / GD&T analyses; experience with CAD software
  • Candidates are expected to uphold and actively promote sustainability principles in their daily work, operating in line with Tesla Global Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) Policy and EMAS requirements, fostering a culture of continuous environmental improvement

Senior Software Engineer – Golang (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla’s incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this are our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

The Role

We are currently looking for highly motivated Golang developers (all seniorities) to join the Factory Software Engineering team. 

Our engineers are hands-on and encouraged to own their own projects, contribute to innovative ideas, and make an impact on the way our company operates. The mission of our team is to streamline factory operations by building world-class scalable software systems, decrease business costs, and solve engineering challenges from both development and support perspective.

What You’ll Do:

  • Participate in requirements gathering, technical specification, and design of complex software systems
  • Define an architecture for fault-tolerant, distributed, and adaptive applications
  • Implement, deploy, and maintain enterprise-scale manufacturing execution software 
  • Build tools, test-automation, and documentation 
  • Be flexible, responsive, and adaptive to ever changing business requirements

What You’ll Bring:

  • Good understanding of software development fundamentals including software design, algorithms, data structures, modularity, and code maintainability
  • At least 3 years of Hands-on software development experience using Golang
  • Efficient knowledge of SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
  • Full professional proficiency in English; German is a plus
  • Experience with Kubernetes is a big plus
  • Experience with Typescript and React/Angular is a plus

Manufacturing Engineer, Tabless/Cell Assembly (m/w/d) – Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. We continuously develop revolutionary strategies and products within shortest time and successfully launch them on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla’s incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we consistently achieve our goals.

Tesla is looking for an outstanding Software Engineer – Full Stack that will be part of a startup team focused on delivering highly scalable and modular products and services; to address the most difficult problems of our growing network of Gigafactories. The candidate will work together with various stakeholders and project managers from different business units to successfully deliver product features according to roadmaps and be subsequently co-responsible for the implementation.

What You’ll Do:

  • Collaborate with product managers and factory stakeholders to design and implement full-stack features across backend services and frontend applications
  • Build and maintain RESTful APIs that serve both web and mobile clients, handling complex business logic around training workflows, assessments, and compliance tracking
  • Own database schema design and migrations, ensuring data integrity for systems that track thousands of employees across multiple skill levels
  • Collaborate with factory operations teams to understand real-world workflows and translate them into scalable software solutions
  • Build background job processing for data synchronization with external systems such as HR and training platforms
  • Improve system reliability through monitoring, error handling, and observability practices
  • Contribute to architectural decisions, and help establish engineering standards for the team
  • Continuously engage with end users to gather feedback and advocate for good usability across all products

What You’ll Bring:

  • Minimum 5 years of industry experience in software development
  • Demonstrated expertise in software development fundamentals such as software design, algorithms, data structures, modularity, and code maintainability
  • Degree in Computer Science or relevant field; equivalent experience also acceptable
  • Extensive hands-on experience in software development utilizing Node.js, preferably for I/O intensive applications
  • Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs, with an understanding of API design best practices
  • Proficiency with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) — including schema design, query optimization, and migrations
  • Exposure to analytical or columnar databases such as ClickHouse, BigQuery, or similar for high-volume data workloads is a plus
  • Experience with modern frontend development using a component-based framework (React, Vue, Angular, or similar)
  • Familiarity with ORM patterns and database migration workflows
  • Understanding of caching strategies and background job processing patterns (message queues, task scheduling)
  • Familiarity with containerized deployment using Docker,  Kubernetes   and CI/CD pipelines, understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (OAuth2, SSO)
  • Experience integrating agentic AI or LLM-based workflows into production applications (e.g., tool-use patterns, retrieval-augmented generation, autonomous agents) is a plus
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where requirements evolve based on factory operations needs

Simulation & Data Engineer (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg marks a defining moment in Europe for Tesla’s mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Here we will launch revolutionary products on a massive scale, using extraordinary speed, innovation and efficiency. Our employees will ensure that we achieve our goals, and we welcome you to help us write the next chapter of our success story. 

Looking for a Simulation and Data Engineer to join the Factory Planning & Systems Team at Tesla. This role combines discrete event simulation with data analysis to solve capacity, throughput, and efficiency challenges across the complete Gigafactory. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to drive planning decisions and deliver tangible improvements to production. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Gather and analyze manufacturing, equipment, and vehicle data using SQL and statistical tools to identify failure patterns, performance trends, and key inputs for simulation models 
  • Leverage AI and automation tools to accelerate data analysis, model development, and reporting workflows 
  • Build, calibrate, and maintain discrete event simulation models to evaluate capacity, test scenarios, and support manufacturing planning decisions 
  • Interpret simulation outputs to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies; develop and present data-driven improvement recommendations 
  • Collaborate with engineering, production, and planning teams to communicate findings, align on priorities, and support implementation of approved improvements 
  • Manage multiple simulation projects simultaneously; prioritize tasks based on business impact and deadlines, and communicate progress and tradeoffs to stakeholders 
  • Document model assumptions, methodologies, and validation results to ensure models are reproducible and auditable by the team 

What You’ll Bring:

  • BS in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field; MS preferred 
  • Experience with discrete event simulation (FlexSim preferred, Plant Simulation, AnyLogic, Arena, or similar) 
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools: SQL, Excel, Python, and visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau, or similar) 
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD, statistical methods, and AI-driven automation tools 
  • Exposure to high-volume manufacturing environments (automotive is a plus) 
  • Familiarity with manufacturing KPIs (OEE, throughput, cycle time, availability) 
  • Strong analytical reasoning, ability to break down complex problems, question assumptions, and learn new concepts quickly 
  • Clear verbal and written communication, able to explain technical findings to non-technical stakeholders 
  • Self-driven and organized, manages priorities independently and takes ownership of work end-to-end 
  • Fluent in English 

Manufacturing Engineer, Tabless/Cell Assembly (m/w/d) – Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What to Expect:

Tesla is accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy. We continuously develop revolutionary strategies and products within the shortest time and successfully launch them on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla’s incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation, and engagement ensure that we consistently achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together. 

As a Software QA Engineer for factory applications, you will focus on designing and implementing automated test scenarios to increase test coverage and build confidence in software releases. You will perform functional testing of manufacturing systems and work closely with developers to ensure high-quality, reliable solutions. Your focus on automation and process improvement will drive efficiency and continuous quality enhancement across our development and releases cycles. 

What You’ll Do:

  • Work with software developers to define test strategies and automate test cases for factory applications
  • Design, develop, and enhance Tesla’s automated test frameworks using open-source solutions.
  • Stay informed of current methodologies and technologies, contribute to and participate in the evaluation of new strategies and/or technologies to improve software quality
  • Log, manage, and retest defects using issue tracking system
  • Report testing status, milestones and issues to project stakeholders
  • Maintain high standard of internal documentation with a special focus on traceability and change validation

What You’ll Bring:

  • Degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • Solid understanding of general concepts and best practices of software engineering
  • Hands-on software development experience working with one or more of Java (preferred), TypeScript, C# and Go
  • Experience with CI/CD toolchains using common technologies such as Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
  • Profirciency in API testing automation (REST)
  • Hands-on experience with Playwright (preferred), Cypress, Selenium is must-have
  • Working experience with relational databases and SQL is required
  • Knowledge of performing testing tools such as K6, JMeter is a big plus
  • Previous experience with Kafka and deep understanding of streaming architectures is a big plus