Electronic Design Engineer, High Speed Design & Validation

About the role

Electronic Design Engineer, High Speed Design & Validation | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 275344 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

The Energy Electrical Engineering team designs the eyes, ears, and brains of Tesla’s MegaPod, Vehicle charging & Optimus charging and residential/industrial energy storage products including Powerwall and Megapack. As a High-Speed Design & Validation Engineer, you will design and validate the next-generation compute, communication, and monitoring platforms that push the performance boundaries of energy compute electronics.

What You'll Do

• Design and validate high-speed digital systems and PCBAs for energy products, including DDR3/4/5, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.x, PCIe, and other high-bandwidth interfaces
• Collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical, firmware, EMC, general low-voltage EE, RF, design validation, thermal, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing test engineers
• Perform signal integrity analysis and validation to ensure robust high-speed design margins
• Support end-to-end hardware design from schematic capture and component selection through layout review, bring-up, validation and production release

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience with high-speed digital design and validation
• Hands-on debug experience with high-speed lab equipment: high-bandwidth oscilloscopes (>4 GHz), TDR/TDT, VNAs, BERTs, protocol analyzers is a plus
• Experience working across general Low-voltage EE, RF, firmware, FPGA, layout, test, and manufacturing teams
• Experience in selecting and interfacing SoCs, FPGAs, DDR memory, Ethernet PHYs, and high-speed transceivers is a plus
• Experience in PCB stack-up design, controlled impedance routing, layer assignment, via stitching, and plane partitioning for multi-Gbps signaling is a plus
• Understanding of signal integrity fundamentals: transmission line theory, impedance matching, termination strategies, jitter, crosstalk, return loss
• Experience in designing or validating one of the high-speed digital circuits with at least one of DDR3/4/5, PCIe, USB 3.x, Gigabit Ethernet, LVDS, or similar

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$100,000 - $228,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.