Research Assistant

Energy Innovation Corp; Rio Rancho (NM); On-site; USD 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Tesla in Rio Rancho, NM seeks a Research Assistant to own the early days of a project, with a focus on people management and tight cross-functional collaboration across teams.

You will work with a mentor, enjoy benefits, and contribute to a deeply technical organization in Rio Rancho, with flexible hours that support the runway for successful delivery.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Patience to mentor without dominating the workflow.
• Ability to organize records and files clearly.
• Willingness to adapt to shifting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Sense when a Rio Rancho relationship needs a call, not an email.
• Trade quick wins for agile fixes when the math favors patience.
• Keep records, systems, and shared files organized and up to date.
• Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality.
• Stitch together mentoring and presentation skills into one coherent workflow.
• Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high.

Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Mentoring

Presentation Skills

Adaptability

Job description

Picture your first ninety days as a Research Assistant at Tesla: real ownership, People Management at the center, and a team in Rio Rancho, NM ready to back you. You'll bring 7 years of Cross-Functional Collaboration, and in return get $82,000 - $110,000, a supportive team, and the freedom to drive your own results.

Key Responsibilities

• Sense when a Rio Rancho relationship needs a call, not an email
• Trade quick wins for agile fixes when the math favors patience
• Keep records, systems, and shared files organized and up to date
• Question the brief when the brief doesn't match reality
• Stitch together Mentoring and Presentation Skills into one coherent workflow
• Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high

What You'll Bring

• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• 7 years of learning when to trust the process and when to break it
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• 6 years that taught you which corners can be cut

We are a deeply technical general company, and Tesla calls Rio Rancho, NM home. Around Tesla, the loudest voice never automatically wins the general argument.

You will grow fastest here, with $82,000 - $110,000, a mentor, benefits, and flexible Rio Rancho, NM hours clearing the runway in front of you.

Hiring is open and ongoing for this temporary position in Rio Rancho.