Tesla

Project engineering provides a good mix of analysis/design and hands-on commissioning and troubleshooting. Tesla Energy designs and builds both small C&I microgrids and large utility-scale energy storage sites, and the company allows you to work on projects. The team works hard and sometimes long hours but is understanding with PTO. Although Tesla is a large company, North America project engineering is a smaller group of about 17 people. Everyone on the team is supportive and willing to lend a hand to help on a project or issue.

As of now, project engineers lead site commissioning, which requires a good amount of travel. However, Tesla is training a team of commissioning engineers, which should help alleviate some of the travel.

There is a healthy management culture, and management is receptive to constructive feedback to make the company better.