Sr. SCADA Engineer, Tesla Energy

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Sr. SCADA Engineer, Tesla Energy

| Job Category | Engineering & Information Technology | | Location | Palo Alto, California | | Req. ID | 261210 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

Tesla Energy’s SCADA team is looking for a Senior SCADA Engineer with a deep knowledge of the electrical grid and passion to solve challenging problems programmatically. The Senior SCADA Engineer will be responsible for the end-to-end design and deployment of the SCADA solution for Tesla’s utility sites. You will be the owner of the hardware and software features that encapsulate the monitoring and control schemes, data acquisition, and user interface for a project. As a key member of the team, you will help to shape the success of our projects in various applications worldwide. You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world’s energy infrastructure and want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

What You’ll Do

• Overall owner for the SCADA scope on Tesla’s utility sites as well as technical point of contact both internally and externally for Tesla’s communication and control architecture
• Lead SCADA design and deployment for utility-scale projects from engineering through commissioning and handover
• Review SCADA drawings from site, design monitoring and control schemes, define tags/points list, program SCADA and Balance of Plant devices on site, like HMI, Historian, controllers etc.
• Interface with utilities/system operators globally to understand, define, disseminate project requirements and identify project solutions, feed the information back to the engineering organization to enable and define a standardized platform/solution for project cost reduction and supportability
• Configure and deploy HMI solutions (Ignition and other SCADA platforms) for on-site monitoring, control and troubleshooting
• Support the Sales Engineering team and Business Development team to assess and price new/custom features during the RFP/bid process
• Support system and regression testing of new features
• Support the Network Operations team to design and deploy the Networking schemes on site
• Support configuration of functional and performance testing for the SCADA system on site
• Develop documentation and training for internal and external stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Availability to travel up to 25% of the time
• Working knowledge of monitoring and control requirements of electrical utility customers and OEMs
• Strong understanding of communication protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, IEC-104, OPC, IEC 61850
• Experience with HMI/SCADA platforms such as Ignition. SEL Acselerator, or similar tools
• Working understanding of solar/BESS control system algorithms and schemes
• Working knowledge of programming using 61131-3 (must), Python, and C/C++
• Working knowledge of industrial networking and experience in basic network troubleshooting
• Must be self-motivated and passionate for problem solving

Compensation and Benefits

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

• Expected Compensation

• $140,000 - $252,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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