Sr. Software Validation Engineer, Supercharger

About the role

The Supercharger Team is responsible for Tesla's public fast charging products. As a Senior Engineer on this team, you will be responsible for testing our EV charger features to ensure the quality and safety of the charging experience for both Tesla owners and third-party EVs.

Responsibilities

• Design advanced automated test suites for the Hardware/Processor/Software-in-the-loop (HIL/PIL/SIL)
• Bring up new validation platforms for our latest products
• Emulate component I/O to test firmware prior to PCBA arrival
• Setup and maintain CI/CD pipelines for test execution, integrating automated scripts with test management tools
• Understand and deconstruct complicated software systems and devise strategies to test these systems
• Create reporting mechanisms for automated testing for firmware and hardware
• Work alongside the development and integration teams to create automated regression tests
• Drive functional safety certification-grade testing coverage
• Integrate AI tools to improve testing workflows

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in Python, C, C++
• 5+ years of relevant experience in embedded design and validation
• Expertise testing devices and debugging hardware (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM)
• Experience in electronic and system schematic design and capture (Altium Designer) preferred
• Knowledge of source control (Git) and continuous integration (Jenkins) preferred
• Knowledge of EVSE, EVs preferred
• Experience with FPGAs and HDLs (Verilog) preferred

Qualifications

• Desired to have experience mentoring engineers, providing technical direction, and driving strategic planning for the team members

Skills

• Benefits
• Pay
• Schedule

Benefits

• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
• HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time
• 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

Pay

Expected Compensation $120,000 - $396,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Schedule

Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.