UX Engineer, Powertrain

What To Expect
At Tesla, our mission is to build a world of amazing abundance. We're building cutting-edge systems across electric vehicles, energy and humanoid robotics to make that future real. We're looking for a highly motivated UX engineer with a strong eye for design and solid frontend skills to join a team building the next generation of engineering tools that support the development of actuators in Optimus and electric motors in our vehicles.

Our applications are used by engineers across a wide range of workflows, from dashboards and data visualization to tools that manage, track and analyze engineering data. They're often complex and data-dense, but we hold them to a high bar: a first-time user should be able to find their way without asking for help. You'll own the user experience and visual consistency across a growing suite of apps, building the design system, patterns and guidelines that empower every engineer on the team to ship polished, consistent UI.

What You'll Do- Own and evolve a shared design system (design tokens, reusable React components, Figma libraries and documentation) used across multiple web and desktop applications.

• Define and document UI patterns for data-heavy interfaces, including tables, filters, charts, forms and loading/empty/error states.
• Leverage AI-powered design and coding tools to accelerate iteration, while maintaining full ownership of design quality, consistency and long-term maintainability.
• Establish consistent visual language, terminology and wording across apps, so each tool keeps its own character while clearly belonging to the same family.
• Lead the design of new applications and interaction patterns, from early exploration in Figma to production-ready, pixel-accurate implementation.
• Collaborate with engineers, domain experts and the full-stack engineers on the team to understand user workflows, run usability sessions and turn feedback into intuitive interfaces.
• Lead recurring UI reviews, and turn findings into lasting improvements in the design system rather than one-off fixes.
• Champion UI quality through frontend code reviews, visual regression testing and clear documentation.
  What You'll Bring- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• A portfolio showing complex, data-dense interfaces (dashboards, internal tools, technical or B2B products), including your design process and shipped results
• Proven experience building or maintaining a design system, in both design tools and code
• Proficiency in Figma (component libraries, variants, auto-layout, prototyping)
• Production-level HTML and CSS, and strong working knowledge of React and TypeScript: you can turn a design into a polished, responsive and accessible component
• Strong grasp of visual design fundamentals: typography, color, spacing, hierarchy and layout
• Experience with Git and Agile/Scrum development workflows
• Fluent in English, with strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to explain design decisions clearly to engineers
  Bonus Qualifications- Experience designing data visualizations and working with charting libraries
• Experience with Storybook, Next.js, or desktop application frameworks such as Tauri or Electron
• Familiarity with usability testing methods and user research
• Interest in engineering or technical domains; prior experience building tools for engineers or scientists is a plus
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