Sr. System Integration Engineer, Residential Ecosystem

About the role

Sr. System Integration Engineer, Residential Ecosystem | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 266205 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

To ensure Tesla’s overall mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, test, and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy grid connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility levels.

The Residential Ecosystem team is looking for an engineer who is passionate about hardware/firmware integration and validation to drive the world’s transition to a sustainable future. This team focuses on optimization of energy resources - battery, solar, electric vehicle, appliances - in order to reduce reliance on the grid and lower energy costs. We emphasize collaboration in our work and always encourage each other to have fun while we change the world together.

What You'll Do

• Own the end-to-end hardware and firmware integration of Tesla's Residential Ecosystem of battery and solar energy products
• Develop and execute test plans to validate functions, features, and system performance
• Lead and own system level firmware validation, firmware regression, and firmware releases
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure functional, performance, safety, and compliance requirements are successfully achieved
• Drive continuous improvement in design and performance by providing direct and accurate feedback to design owners
• Develop and maintain interface control documentation
• Conduct failure analysis to understand root cause and drive resolution for hardware and firmware failures originating in testing and from the field
• Develop and maintain automated firmware tests in Python
• Hands-on with system bring up and prototyping

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in hardware and firmware integration and validation
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals
• Experience with Python, C, C++, Go, or equivalent experience
• Hands-on experience with electrical, mechanical, and software engineering components and an understanding of how they interact in a complex product
• Proficiency with basic EE tools (scopes, power analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, CAN tools)
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills, able to identify and surface issues within complex hardware/software systems
• Effective communicator and excellent attention to detail
• Preferred: Experience with stationary energy storage systems, solar inverters, electric vehicles, or home energy management systems

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$140,000 - $252,000/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.