Sr. Electrical Engineer, Self-Driving & AI Hardware

What to Expect

The Self-Driving Hardware team is responsible for designing the computing hardware that delivers the autonomous driving capability of Tesla vehicles and humanoid robots, as well as computing infrastructure for data center. We design the complex high speed boards with Tesla customized neural engine silicon, to deliver inferencing performance while meeting efficiency, cost, reliability goals. In AI inference data center, the computer can run large-scale neural network workload in scale-up and scale-out clusters.

What You'll Do

Hardware ownership including specification, architecture, design, simulation, schematics, layout supervision, prototype, and validation

Design of electrical architecture, electronic circuits, processor selection and integration, system timing, and bus loading

Collaborate with PCB layout, firmware, reliability, program management, mechanical, and EMC teams

Thoroughly document design requirements, calculations, power budgets, etc.

Create validation plans and verify all the features and interfaces across corners

Design for manufacturing, design for test and design for EMC

What You'll Bring

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

2+ years of relevant circuit board design experience

Demonstrated depth in end-to-end PCBA design

Strong in high speed board design(>5Gbps) and knowledge of interfaces (DDR, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, etc.)

Experience in high performance processor, memory, storage, network IO based for complex mother board design

Good understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)

Proficiency with EE tools (oscilloscopes, BERT, network analyzers, signal generators, etc.)

Experience shipping high-volume electronics products

Understanding on neural network and transformer AI model is not required but would be a bonus point

Compensation and Benefits

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

$100,000 - $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.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.