What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Power Electronics System Integration Engineer, Industrial Energy Products position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
To ensure Tesla's overall mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world-leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, test, and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy grid-connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility levels.
Tesla Energy is seeking a Sr. Power Electronics System Integration Engineer to own system bring-up and validation of next-generation industrial energy storage products. You will lead hardware and firmware integration, build custom test infrastructure, and drive system-level validation to ensure our products meet the highest performance, reliability, and safety standards.
What You'll Do
- Own end-to-end system bring-up, hardware validation, and characterization of next-generation Tesla industrial energy storage products
- Lead hardware and firmware integration, board-level debug, root-cause analysis, and drive mitigations through resolution
- Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to validate hardware and firmware functionality against system specifications
- Design and implement custom sub-system level test infrastructure to break down system-level validation into targeted, repeatable tests for critical hardware and firmware functions
- Conduct failure analysis on test and field failures to identify root cause and drive corrective action
- Collaborate cross-functionally with power electronics, firmware, thermal, and mechanical teams to ensure functional, performance, and safety requirements are met
- Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing data-driven feedback to design owners
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 4 years of experience in power electronics design, integration, and testing
- In-depth understanding of HV/LV electronic components and expertise in developing associated characterization and validation test methods
- Strong understanding of power electronics topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC), gate drive design, magnetics design, and analog/digital circuit design
- Familiarity with networking and digital communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, TCP/IP, etc.)
- Experience with Python, C, C and EE lab tools (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and surface issues within complex hardware/software systems
- Effective communicator with the ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams
- Preferred: Experience designing and testing medium-voltage systems (1kV-35kV)
Compensation and 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
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.
Salary : $140,000 - $300,000