Sr. Power Electronics Engineer, Drive Inverter

The Drive Inverter team designs the power electronics that move Tesla’s cars. Delivering hundreds of kilowatts from the battery to the motor, the drive inverter sets acceleration, efficiency, cost, and reliability. It integrates high-voltage power electronics, low-voltage circuits, signal integrity, functional safety, and mechanical packaging. Power electronics engineers on the drive inverter team deliver component designs that set the system-level performance of the industry’s highest production volume traction inverters. 
Roles are availabile at mutiple seniority levels based on experience such as Engineer, Sr., Staff, etc.

- End-to-end ownership of inverter hardware and circuit designs, from specification and architecture through schematic capture, PCB layout, prototype, board bring-up, validation, reliability and functional testing, and high-volume manufacturing
- Measure and analyze switching waveforms, losses, and thermal performance
- Design, validate, and debug signal integrity, EMI/EMC, and communication interfaces at the component, inverter, and vehicle level
- Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, reliability, manufacturing, firmware, and test engineering to optimize inverter switching, loss, reliability, and thermal behavior
- Collaborate with suppliers to develop next-generation electronic components and designs
- Solve challenges at scale to achieve industry-leading reliability and efficiency

- Bachlor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
- Digital and analog circuit design, including high-voltage circuits, power supplies, and switched-mode / DC-DC converters
- Double-pulse testing and thermal characterization, and gate drive and protection circuit design for high-voltage power semiconductors
- Printed circuit board design (e.g. Altium) and bring-up: debugging, soldering, wiring, and mechanical assembly
- Familiarity with lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, function generators, and power supplies
- Signal integrity, high-speed PCB layout, and noise mitigation
- Scripting for data processing and test automation, such as MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW, including lab-equipment automation (GPIB/SCPI/VISA)
- Familiarity with embedded firmware, microcontrollers, and their peripherals. Basic control theory, including sensor bandwidths and filtering
- Experience with electric machines, field-oriented control, and thermal design
- Knowledge of automotive environmental, reliability, and safety requirements

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
- Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)
Expected Compensation $120,000 - $288,000/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.