Tim Ottinger

Tim Ottinger is a Senior Manager of Passive Safety Testing at Tesla, where they lead a team responsible for passive safety testing for global vehicle development and regulatory certification. Tim's past experience includes working at the Insurance Institute for Highway as an intern, focusing on crash test evaluations, and as a Mechanical R&D Engineer at Edison2, where they designed ultra-energy efficient concept cars. Tim also held various engineering roles at Tesla from 2013, executing and analyzing passive safety testing to ensure vehicles meet internal and global standards. They earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia.