# Tushar Swamy

> MIT | Tesla | Cell Product Development

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/tusharswamy

I am a lithium-ion cell (system) engineer with 16 years’ experience in the battery industry, currently developing new in-house cell products at Tesla.

## Work Experience
### Staff Cell Engineer @ Tesla
Jan 2024 – Present | Fremont, California
Developing new cell products. Previously led problem-solving efforts to scale in-house 4680 cell production.

### Engineering Manager, Cell Design @ Our Next Energy (ONE)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Fremont, California
Led an 8 member cross-functional team to develop LFP/Gr Li-ion prismatic cells for EV and Grid applications, built on a 100 MWh proto-line in MI. Responsible for cell design, cell product strategy, and technology roadmap.

### Sr. Technical Specialist @ Our Next Energy (ONE)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Fremont, California
Chief engineer for 2 prismatic cells: 120Ah LFP/Gr cell & 240Ah NMC/Cu (anode-free) cell. For a dual-chemistry 600-mile BMW iX EV demonstrated POC pack.

### Battery Engineer @ Joby Aviation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Carlos, California
Qualified vendor NMC/Si-Gr cells for current (Joby S4) and future eVTOL programs.

### Sr. Cell Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, California
Built from scratch and led the vendor 18650 and 2170 cell qualification and selection program and test facility for eBikes/eScooters (Jump) and eVTOLs/Drones (Elevate). There are still 1000's of Jump (now Lime) eBikes and eScooters deployed in several major US cities that run on cells that I qualified!

### Process Development Engineer @ A123 Systems
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Livonia, Michigan
Over 3 years of problem-solving experience on the 500 MWh factory floor, manufacturing 20Ah LFP/Gr pouch cells & modules. Experienced in process development, DOEs, and failure analysis. I worked on cells and modules that went into the OG Fisker Karma!

### Intern @ Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Developed physics-based model components for a fuel cell system co-developed by Mercedes Benz and Ballard Power Systems.

### Intern @ Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Built and validated several hardware control loops (involving sensors, actuators, and DAQ systems) in a strain guage calibration rig for an aerospace component testing platform.


## Education
### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in LIB Material Science and Electrochemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### Master of Science (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering
Penn State University

### Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tushar-swamy-4b79a119

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Last updated: 2026-04-13