Senior Energy Market Analyst, Autobidder

What to Expect

Tesla's Autobidder team develops trading strategies and systematic software for energy storage systems, optimizing dispatch in electricity markets through price forecasting, trend analysis, and real-time operations. Our proven solutions span residential, commercial, and utility-scale applications.

We're seeking quantitative analysts with electricity market expertise to deliver data-driven insights, inform commercial priorities, and improve our Autobidder platform. On the Market Analysis team, you'll influence decisions in asset valuation, pricing, structuring, market entry, risk, and product design, collaborating with engineers, finance, and commercial teams.

Ideal candidates are deeply curious about electricity markets, adapt quickly to diverse designs and policies, guide decisions in uncertainty, communicate insights across levels, and understand battery revenue drivers under various scenarios.

What You'll Do
Develop and maintain Tesla's long-term view of market fundamentals and prices in wholesale electricity markets
Create long-term revenue forecasts using a blend of internal modeling tools, vendor forecasts, and expert judgments
Act as a technical representative for the team in discussions with prospective customers, sharing our forward-looking market perspectives
Monitor market design and policy initiatives to evaluate their mid- to long-term impacts on storage monetization
Contribute to project structuring and offer design for energy storage applications

What You'll Bring
3+ years of hands-on experience in areas like utility-scale battery investment analysis, long-term price forecasting, or quantitative electricity market modeling.
Expertise in at least one key European electricity market (e.g., UK, Germany, or France), with keen interest in expanding to others
Proficiency in Python and SQL for manipulating, analyzing, and visualizing complex datasets to uncover insights and trends
Hands-on experience running production cost models and long-term capacity expansion simulations
Background in modeling energy storage market applications through simulated market dispatch
Experience on a power trading desk or equivalent exposure to real-time operations
Demonstrated track record of influencing investment or trading decisions through your own market analysis and insights

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.