What to Expect

Tesla’s High Voltage  Systems Firmware Integration Team is seeking an Integration Engineer who will be responsible for ensuring firmware support for new features and new hardware are designed, implemented, and tested to achieve Tesla’s standards for safety and customer experience. 

The High Voltage System is compared of the controllers and firmware that monitor the battery, control high voltage power distribution, charge the battery and provide power to the low voltage system. High Voltage System Integration Engineers are responsible for the performance, requirements and feature design of one or more of these components.   

What You’ll Do

Work with the Design and Development Engineers throughout the engineering organization to ensure the relevant subsystems are designed with appropriate requirements, interfaces and interactions to achieve specific vehicle functions 

Break down new, high-level feature requests into sub-system and component level requirements, and drive the implementation, testing and release of these features against Tesla’s firmware release schedule 

Utilize critical analysis of potential failure modes and effects to influence these requirements 

Develop overall validation strategy for these features and work with validation teams to ensure automated test coverage is implemented for future firmware releases 

Work cross-functionally across mechanical, electrical, system architecture, firmware development and firmware validation teams to understand new component-level hardware changes which are being developed and how to support them in firmware – both in manufacturing and for customer use – so that they can be seamlessly introduced to our vehicle platforms 

Develop and execute firmware integration test plans on new hardware components and firmware features to rapidly retire risk from new designs and provide feedback to the development teams to accelerate our aggressive development cycles 

Dig into data and source code to identify and debug issues at the system level and propose robust solutions 

Work with manufacturing and with service to ensure the function(s) are rolled out and functioning properly. This can include development of processes, diagnostic tools and methods, and root-cause diagnosis for product issues 

Develop prototype test setups to integrate new subsystems with simulated and actual vehicle components 

Lead and manage integration of initial prototype systems including bring-up, debug, and engineering test of alpha- and beta-phase prototype vehicles 

What You’ll Bring

Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Exceptional ability to keep multiple projects moving forwards in parallel 

Hands-on technical experience debugging complex systems involving networked microprocessors and software-controlled electrical or electromechanical devices 

Proven ability to use programming to solve challenging problems and increase own/team’s efficiency through automation 

Experience with C or C++ required, Python is a plus 

Ability to fluently interpret system data to gain a full understanding of logged events 

Thorough understanding of mechanical fundamentals – and ability to apply them to automotive concepts 

Ability to read and understand electrical schematics 

Experience with CAN and Ethernet networking is a plus 

Experience with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) is a plus

PALO ALTO, California

Full time