Sr. Electronic Design Engineer, Energy

Tesla • Palo Alto, CA

278d • $100,160 - $273,480

About The Position

The Energy EE team designs the eyes, ears, and brains of Tesla's Vehicle & Optimus charging and residential/industrial energy storage products including Powerwall and Megapack. This skilled and motivated individual will keep pushing this evolving industry forward by designing central processing boards, wireless/wired communication systems, circuits to ensure user and equipment safety, energy metering, thermal controls, auxiliary power and system level components including breakers, contactors, and pyrofuses, and much more. As designers of the boards that run these systems, this team also leads the overall EE design of these impactful products, working with a cross functional team to define the next generations of Tesla Energy products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• 3+ years relevant work experience
• Experience in selection and use of DSPs, microcontrollers, or programmable logic devices
• Experience designing digital communication busses (CAN, Ethernet, RS-485, USB, SPI, I2C, etc.)
• Experience in selection and use of analog sensors and signal conditioning circuits
• Experience designing board level power supplies (buck, boost, flyback, etc.)
• Experience in PCB layout, plane definition, thermal and EMC optimization
• Medium to high volume DFT and DFM
• Previous work in the solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, or electric vehicle charging industry

Nice To Haves

• Experience in battery management systems, power electronics, high-speed digital design or RF is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design of digital and analog electronic PCBAs, and system level design for energy products
• Start to finish ownership of circuit board electronics - from specification through design, prototype, validation, manufacturing and field support
• Product level electrical design including system architecture, critical component selection, branch circuit design, and insulation coordination
• Perform R&D studies, simulations and experiments to drive forward our technology roadmap
• Lead design reviews and DFMEAs
• Design for high volume manufacturing and global deployment
• Generate specifications for PCBA and system level factory testing
• Collaborative work with Mechanical, Firmware, EMC, RF, Design Validation, Thermal Design, Compliance, Reliability, and Field Service and Manufacturing Test Engineers

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree