THE ROLE
We are looking to hire a test engineer focused on Battery Electronics for our Hardware Testing team. As a Battery Electronics Test Engineer, you will work with a passionate and multi-disciplinary group of engineers while learning how to build and use hardware, firmware, and software solutions to validate Tesla Battery Electronics products to rigorous internal and automotive-industry standards. We are interested in diverse candidates of relevant experience, and we will prioritize curious and driven engineers with strong problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
RESPONSIBILIES
- Design, build, instrument, and automate testing equipment for electrical, thermal, and mechanical testing
- Work together with Design Engineers, Reliability scientists, Material scientists, Quality, and Service to identify failure modes and generate design validation and reliability test plans
- Perform validation and reliability testing at the component and system levels, simulating realistic and accelerated stress conditions
- Collaborate with test technicians as peers to achieve test objectives
- Investigate Battery Electronics assembly and subassembly failures to drive product development and test improvement
- Identify and execute experiments targeting new technologies or critical failures
- Interface and simulate complex vehicular systems to validate firmware/hardware interactions
- Create novel ways to apply skills learned in the test lab to benefit vehicle products
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in electrical engineering, mechanical, mechatronics, or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of analog and digital electronics circuits. General knowledge in sensing circuits, microcontrollers, interface circuit, Power Electronics, DCDC or DCAC Converters, and High Voltage Circuits, is preferred
- Experience with electrical test equipment (such as multimeters, DAQs, oscilloscopes, power supplies, and function generators), hand tools, and power tools.
- Experience with an object-oriented coding language and scripting (Python, MATLAB, etc.), experience in Python and data visualization is preferred
- Comfort with EDA software of Altium, OrCAD, Cadence, Eagle or equivalent. Working knowledge of mechanical CAD software of SolidWorks, CATIA or equivalent is preferred.