What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Software & Test Automation Engineer, 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. Software Development Engineer to push the boundaries of firmware, software, and hardware validation. You will lead the architecture and development of scalable, AI-driven test automation that continuously validates our cutting-edge energy storage systems, V2X, and solar products. By building robust CI/CD pipelines and intelligent analysis tools, you will accelerate testing and development cycles, ensuring our products meet the highest quality standards.
What You'll Do
- Design and develop robust automated firmware/software testing solutions using Python, ensuring high reliability and repeatability
- Architect and maintain scalable test automation frameworks that support complex hardware and software systems
- Lead the development of AI agents that automate test generation, prioritization, refinement, and anomaly detection
- Drive AI-driven testing solutions by evaluating and integrating next-gen automation tools to optimize coverage, efficiency, and testing velocity
- Define best practices for automation integration into CI/CD pipelines
- Collaborate cross-functionally with system integration, software, and firmware engineers to define test strategies and develop automated test scripts
- Own firmware validation and regression testing on Energy Products, ensuring comprehensive coverage and release readiness
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5 years of experience in test automation and hardware/software validation
- Experience leading technical initiatives and defining test automation strategy
- Experience developing AI agents and LLM-integrated workflows, including prompt design and validation automation
- Experience with pytest or similar test frameworks
- Proficiency in Python
- Proficiency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and test management tools
- Electrical engineering fundamentals with working knowledge of basic EE tools (scopes, 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
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 : $120,000 - $252,000