Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Drive Inverter

Tesla • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

Join the electric revolution as an electrical design engineer at Tesla! You will lead innovation and development activities for the drive inverter, a critical component that impacts performance, efficiency cost and reliability of future vehicles. Collaborating with cross functional talented team you will be pushing the vehicular power density to its physical limits. Your work will have a direct impact on the future of sustainable energy, and we're looking for a motivated and skilled engineer to lead the way.  Develop, characterize and validate high voltage power semiconductors for traction inverter applications

Measure, analyze data including switching waveforms, losses and thermal performance

Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, reliability, manufacturing and firmware engineering teams to optimize inverter switching, loss, reliability and thermal behavior   

Design, implement, and validate solutions for EMC, reliability, and manufacturing  

Solve electronics packaging issues including thermal management, electrical isolation, interconnection design, shock and vibration, electromagnetic interference (EMI), etc.  

Start to finish ownership of hardware – from specification to design, prototype, reliability testing and high-volume manufacturing   

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 3+ year’s experience with high-voltage power semiconductors, including wide bandgap devices (IGBTs, SiC-MOSFETs, etc.), in high-power (>50 kW) and high-voltage (>300 V) applications
• Experience with double-pulse testing and thermal characterization, as well as familiarity with gate drive and protection circuit design
• Specification of power semiconductor devices, Gate Drivers, Capacitors, Inductors and successful deployment of these components in power modules design
• Knowledge of power conversion topologies, power device magnetics and control loop design. Experience with scripting for data processing and test automation, such as MATLAB, Python or LabView
• Experience with SPICE and circuit simulation, FEA parasitic modeling and PCB design and assembly
• Knowledge of automotive environmental, reliability, and safety requirements

Responsibilities

• Develop, characterize and validate high voltage power semiconductors for traction inverter applications
• Measure, analyze data including switching waveforms, losses and thermal performance
• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, reliability, manufacturing and firmware engineering teams to optimize inverter switching, loss, reliability and thermal behavior
• Design, implement, and validate solutions for EMC, reliability, and manufacturing
• Solve electronics packaging issues including thermal management, electrical isolation, interconnection design, shock and vibration, electromagnetic interference (EMI), etc.
• Start to finish ownership of hardware – from specification to design, prototype, reliability testing and high-volume manufacturing

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees