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Sr. Electrical Test Engineer, Energy Products

Tesla Motors, Inc.
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/8/2026
What to Expect
At Tesla Energy, shipping fast without compromising reliability means one thing: brilliant test automation. As a Senior Test Automation Engineer focused on high voltage power electronics,you'lldesign and own automated systems thatvalidateTesla's residential and industrial energy products - from concept silicon to global deployment. You write the frameworks that run thousands of tests while engineers' sleep.

What You'll Do
  • Design, build, andmaintainscalable automated test frameworks (Python/Pytest, Robot Framework, LabVIEW/TestStand) for high-voltage power electronics systems
  • Own end-to-end Automated Test Equipment development - from instrument driver abstraction to test orchestration, data capture, and report generation
  • Design reusable, modular test libraries for hardware bench testing and production line screening - enabling teams to spin up new test coverage quickly
  • Develop firmware and embedded test code for custom test fixtures and HIL setups - microcontroller programming (STM32, ESP32, or similar) in C/C for sensor sampling, relay control, safety interlocks, and real-time data streaming back to the host framework
  • Design and build custom electrical test fixtures - schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium/Cadence) for breakout boards, signal conditioning, load banks, and HV switching matrices; specify connectors, contactors, and wiring harnesses for repeatable bench and production interfaces
  • Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) so every firmware or hardware revision is automatically validated against a reliability baseline before it reaches review, and automate HALT, ALT, and burn-in sequences - sequencing climate/vibration chambers, power supplies, and measurement instruments as a single orchestrated system
  • Build automated data acquisition pipelines feeding directly into reliability dashboards toexpeditelifetime reliability estimates, degradation trends, and pass/fail analytics refreshed in real time
  • Apply ML-assisted anomaly detection toidentifyunit outliers during production screening and predict failure signatures before they reach the field
  • Continuously drive design risk burndown to ensure product reliability and durability; perform reliability testing for industrial and residential energy power converters
  • Determinecomponentand system-level test solutions thatoptimizeproduct reliability and durability through DFMEA-based risk mitigations, resource planning, and program scheduling;facilitatefailure analysis to understand root causes and drive resolution for failures originating in testing

What You'll Bring
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
  • 3-10years of hands-on experience in power electronics hardware design, design validation, hardware testing, mechanical system reliability, and durability testing
  • Knowledge of programming in scripting languages for test automation and dataanalysis/post-processing
  • Hands-on firmware development experience in C/C on bare-metal or RTOS microcontrollers (STM32, NXP, TI, ESP32, or similar)
  • Experience designing custom test fixtures and PCBs - schematic capture, layout, and bring-up of breakout boards, signal conditioning, and switching hardware
  • Experience working safely with high voltageequipment.Working knowledge of HV test instrumentation -hipot, IR, partial discharge, programmable AC/DC sources and loads, power analyzers
  • Experience specifying sensors for test instrumentation andutilizingdata acquisition systems
  • Experiencepro-activelyowning and deliveringtest engineering projectswithin accelerated validation timelines
  • Proven ability to develop reliability and durability test setups, including environmental, mechanical, and electrical stress testing, highlypreferred
  • Preferred to have experience of common automotive communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet)

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

  • Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program
    Expected Compensation
    $91,600 - $195,600/annual salary cash and stock awards benefits

    Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.


    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.

     

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