Engineer, Electronics Debug

Tesla•Palo Alto, CA

6d•$100,000 - $216,000

About The Position

The Failure Analysis Team’s mission is to determine root cause and contributing factors to improve the experience of Tesla’s products by reducing field issues, in collaboration with large cross-sections of other engineering teams. Engineers and Technicians on the team are responsible for a wide variety of vehicle and energy product systems for existing models and models in development. This extremely high visibility individual contributor role requires extensive hands-on work focused on failure analysis and root cause activities. We are seeking a skilled electrical engineer who will be responsible for all aspects of identifying and characterizing failures on our low voltage electronics. The successful candidate would work directly with the original design engineers and other failure analysis engineers to complete failure analysis and propose countermeasures. This role will primarily focus on low voltage electrical systems including infotainment, vehicle controllers, autopilot electronics, and steering actuators. A successful candidate will need to become familiar with the detailed behaviors and system level interactions of these components. They will work with all manners of electrical test equipment to recreate and identify failures observed in engineering, production, and field environments. They will work cross functionally with other engineers and management to report root cause, investigation status and other relevant information. As an industry leading company, Tesla offers the opportunity to work on industry leading products and bleeding edge technology in a fast paced, dynamic and high visibility role.

Requirements

Degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience with common failure analysis techniques and methods
1+ Year of industry experience or demonstrable experience designing and debugging complex electrical circuits
Experience working with tools such as Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, Curve Tracer, Function Generator, etc.
Proficient at soldering and rework on complex boards and SMT components
Extremely proficient at reading schematics and debugging analog and digital circuitry, common digital communication protocols (I2C, CAN, etc.)
Experience with electromechanical systems, high voltage power electronics

Responsibilities

Debug complex analog and digital electrical systems
Drive root cause analysis from issue identification to countermeasure implementation
Use analytical tools and techniques including Functional Testing, Electrical Debug, X-Ray, Thermography and others
Design experiments to test theories and execute yourself or with help of technicians
Support design reviews and DFMEAs with prior experience
Create required tools, including test scripts, test PCBAs and others as required

Benefits

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