Staff Electrical Engineer – Inverter
| Company | Tesla |
|---|---|
| Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 5+ years of professional experience or equivalent experience
- Minimum 8 years of related industry experience, with experience managing direct reports or leading a small team
- Digital and analog circuit design, including high voltage circuits or power supply design
- Printed circuit board design (we use Altium) and initial bring-up: debugging, soldering, wiring, mechanical assembly
- Familiarity with embedded firmware, microcontrollers and their peripherals, python scripting or similar
- Familiarity with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies
- Power semiconductors (MOSFETs, IGBTs, electric motors, thermal design, and/or mechanical design
- Automotive networking (CAN, LIN, Ethernet)
- Basic control theory, including importance of sensor bandwidths, filtering
- Automation of lab equipment (GPIB/SCPI/VISA)
Responsibilities
- End-to-end ownership of new inverter PCBA designs including specifications, architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring up, validation, and overseeing reliability and functional testing
- Collaboration with cross functional teams (mechanical, firmware, test, reliability etc.) to see products through high volume manufacturing
- Design and execute high voltage and high current validation of new inverter designs
- Debug complex component interactions at the vehicle level
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.