Architectural Designer, Infrastructure & Factory Planning

What to Expect

Tesla's factory design and planning team is looking for a highly motivated Architectural Designer to help drive the development of Gigafactory Nevada. The team is responsible for developing a factory design which supports seamless integration between production, material flow, construction, and facilities teams. Innovation is expected. Through a detailed understanding of the high-level factory objectives and extensive collaboration with the internal and external teams designing individual factory components, this team ensures that the factory design as a whole achieves all of Tesla's objectives.

The ideal candidate will excel in a demanding and fast‑paced environment where they will work as part of a strong, agile, and highly motivated team. A successful applicant will be an excellent communicator who takes pride in their thoroughness, analytical ability, organizational skills, and team mentality. The candidate will be able to think at a systems level about ambiguous problems and use strong logic to develop models that drive optimal factory design decisions.

• Create and develop architectural designs and concepts for a variety of projects; produce detailed drawings, plans, and details using 3D BIM software.
• Participate in all project phases, including conceptual design, presentations, schematic design, design development, construction documents, and production.
• Coordinate with design team, consultants, contractors, fabricators, and other vendors to meet overall project objectives.
• Collaborate with factory stakeholders including manufacturing, production, material flow, and industrial engineering to develop successful factory layouts.
• Meet with stakeholders and conduct field walks to gather information necessary for design.
• Allocate and optimize space for production lines and other supporting functions; perform design‑option analysis for cost efficiency and constructability.
• Help develop Revit families, standard details, manage BIM files, and develop process improvements, workflows, and templates to increase design productivity.

• Degree in Architecture, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in 2D & 3D software, most critically AutoCAD & Revit.
• Good understanding of building codes and regulations, construction documentation, and detailing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, strong conflict management, able to work collaboratively with clients, engineers, and contractors.
• Experience and knowledge of different project delivery methods, and an ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience in 3D rendering software such as 3ds Max, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and/or Sketch Up is an asset.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment or layout design for manufacturing or warehousing is an asset.

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full‑time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction.
• Family‑building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both with $0 paycheck contribution.
• Company Paid Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution when enrolled in the High‑Deductible Aetna 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.
• Employee assistance program.
• Sick and vacation time (flex time for salary positions) and paid holidays.
• Backup 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.