What to Expect

We are looking for a Reliability Engineer for drive inverters with a strong background in high voltage power modules and components (MOSFETs, IGBTs, etc). In this role, you will play a key role in designing reliability into our drive inverters for our Tesla Semi. As a successful candidate, you will follow the reliability lifecycle of these products from concept to design, development, manufacturing, and field operation to design-in, confirm and grow exceptional reliability at every stage.   

This role is highly engaging, and you will also be working on one of our most exciting products. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to understand emerging designs and architectures. You will be responsible for identifying risks associated with these architectures. You will identify appropriate stresses that our products must pass and create test plans, which will be used to assess the reliability of our products. You will provide reliability analyses and suggestions to improve the reliability of our products.  

You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world, and you must be self-motivated with the desire to push boundaries. If you have a strong technical first-principles understanding, excellent problem-solving skills, and a genuine fascination for engineering, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the cutting-edge technology of Tesla’s products and shape the future. It comes natural to you to deliver results under high pressure with tight schedules. 

The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview. 

What You’ll Do

Apply solid knowledge of reliability methods and power electronics / high voltage systems to design accelerated test plans for design validation, burn-in testing, environmental stress screening (ESS), ongoing reliability testing (ORT), and demonstration of reliability growth

Analyze field usage and environmental conditions to optimize requirement setting and test methods 

Facilitate and lead design FMEA sessions to assess product risks, determine validation test plans and drive reliable design choices 

Work with manufacturing quality, service engineering, supplier quality and design teams to identify root causes and drive resolution for failures originating in testing and in the field 

Generate process validation test plans to implement at suppliers, and drive root cause corrective action with suppliers to resolve production process issues 

Provide reliability design guidelines and apply reliability lessons learned to enable continuous improvement 

What You’ll Bring

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

2+ years of experience working in power electronics / high voltage laboratory testing environment (including relevant internship or academic lab work experience) 

PCB Board level experience with the ability to read and communicate PCBA schematics, etc. 

Experience with burn-in testing, Environmental Stress Screening (ESS), Ongoing Reliability Testing (ORT)

Understanding of Highly Accelerated testing methods and governing equations for different types of acceleration models 

Experience with developing reliability guidelines and inventing novel ways of reliability testing 

Working knowledge of reliability statistics including Weibull analysis, and experience with statistical software such as JMP, Minitab, etc. 

Working knowledge of failure analysis techniques such as optical microscopy, SEM, CSAM, X-ray, cross-sectioning and EDX 

Self-driven and focused individual with a proven ability to manage parallel tasks effectively, with a desire to work in a fast-paced environment  

Proven ability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive in tough circumstances

Palo Alto, California

Full time