What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Software Engineer, Test Automation Infrastructure, Optimus position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
This role supports a multi-disciplinary team through software development to continuously improve and maintain the test infrastructure used across validation teams within Optimus Hardware Validation team.You will be responsible for delivering robust, modular, and easy to use code that enables rapid and efficient deployment of new tests and test systems. This engineer supports test engineers on Optimus Validation team. It is the expectation of this role that the engineer has sufficient experience to independently develop, validate, and troubleshoot full stack validation infrastructure.
What You'll Do
- Assigned as the primary software engineer contact for an internal customer team, your role will be to drive, maintain, and provide ongoing software development support for their test infrastructure deployment. The software stack implementation itself is a shared effort, to which you'll contribute
- Build robust and flexible Python tools to automate test equipment that communicates over CAN, LIN, RS232, TCP/IP, GPIB and other interfaces
- Build tools for hardware abstraction, test scheduling, test execution, test storage, result retrieval and aggregation, and visualization of test data from data lake-style frameworks
- Enable test engineers to monitor and access time-series data using a web app
- Provide REST endpoints to serve test data to be consumed by that web front-end or by engineers' custom Python scripts
- Disseminate improved software throughout the test lab to elevate other testing. You will train engineers, technicians, and interns to operate your new tools and drive their adoption
- Directly receive and implement user feedback, iterating quickly to provide useful, well-received tools
- Installation and setup of various team toolchains, including python environment and dependency management
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience and technical depth in a software test or QA infrastructure environment. Recommended 3 years
- Experience with testing embedded application and relevant I/O; candidate should have enough hardware or microcontroller exposure to root cause between the software stack and the device under test
- Strong Python proficiency
- Experience with React, JavaScript, or other front-end design languages/tools
- Experience designing full-stack applications and services, especially with SQL backend databases
- Versed in software fundamentals including software design, abstraction, and maintainability
- Familiarity with Git, continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, virtualization such as Docker
- Ability to collaborate and communicate technical concepts to those in non-software roles
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:
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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.