Sr. Software Validation Engineer, Supercharger

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.  You will architect, design, and implement firmware validation procedures, equipment, tooling, and automation to efficiently test charging components and subsystems.  You will work closely with development and integration teams to explore and validate the performance capabilities of our hardware and firmware to ensure code quality is high.  Your effort to create and equip automated validation infrastructures and coverage reporting will have a direct impact on the reliability, robustness, and value of our products. Your impact will help the world’s acceleration to sustainable energy.

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

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

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
Expected Compensation $120,000 - $396,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.