Drew Baglino
About
Drew Baglino is from Santa Cruz, California, United States. Drew is currently Founder and CEO at Heron Power, located in Scotts Valley, California, United States. In Drew's previous role as a SVP, Powertrain and Energy at Tesla, Drew worked in until Apr 2024. Prior to joining Tesla, Drew was a VP of Technology at Tesla and held the position of VP of Technology. Prior to that, Drew was a Director of Engineering, Tesla Energy at Tesla, based in Palo Alto, California from Nov 2014 to Feb 2016. Drew started working as Director, Powertrain Systems Architecture, Modeling, and Controls at Tesla in Palo Alto, CA in Jul 2013. From Jul 2009 to Jul 2013, Drew was Model S Powertrain Architect, Principal System Design Engineer at Tesla. Prior to that, Drew was a Technical Lead, Battery Electronics and Firmware Engineering at Tesla from Jan 2008 to Jul 2009. Drew started working as Firmware / Electrical Engineer at Tesla in Mar 2006.
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Drew Baglino's current jobs
Drew Baglino's past jobs
Lead for engineering and technology development of Tesla's batteries, motors, drive units, power electronics and our energy products. Accountable executive of Tesla's charging and energy businesses, and cell and energy manufacturing operations.
Led Tesla's energy products engineering team; led engineering for Tesla's core technology areas: battery cells, motors, drive units, power electronics, HV and battery safety, powertrain performance modeling, system optimization, and controls.
Led engineering and product definition and development for Tesla's stationary energy storage systems, Powerwall and Powerpack.
Led the team focusing on electric vehicle powertrain modeling, analysis, optimization, and requirements definition for batteries, motors, chargers, and inverters for various vehicle platforms and for stationary storage applications. Coordinated and led architecture definition, implementation, and integration of motor control, charge control, vehicle dynamic control, vehicle integration, and battery management systems across the powertrain. Defined high voltage and low voltage system requirements for EV powertrain components. Defined architecture, control algorithms, and vehicle integration for advanced driver's assistance technologies.
Led a small team focusing on powertrain modeling, analysis, optimization, and requirements definition for the battery, motors, charger, and inverter for Model S. Coordinated and led architecture definition, implementation and integration of motor control, charge control, vehicle dynamic control, vehicle integration, and battery management systems across the powertrain. Defined high voltage and low voltage system requirements for all components in the vehicle.
Led requirements definition, design, and implementation of the next generation of battery management and control electronics and firmware, first deployed in Tesla's batteries supplied to SmartEV and Daimler A class vehicles and highly leveraged into Model S and X.
Part of a small group who completely re-architected the control electronics and firmware of the Roadster power electronics module. Led firmware development for motor, traction, and driveline control for the Roadster.
Transportation policy modeling, investigating cost-benefit of transit and roadway improvements vs. various toll strategies in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.