Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Sustaining Electronic Design Engineer - Drive Inverter

Board & Electronics DesignUpdated on Nov 9

Full-timePalo Alto, CA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
At least 3 years of experience designing automotive or other high-volume power electronics, such as inverters, gate drives, or isolated supplies.
Ownership experience with schematic and layout using Altium or a similar tool, and ability to take a change from proposal through Gerber, bill of materials, change control, and DVP&R.
Ability to travel to Tesla factories, offices, and suppliers.
Strong engineering fundamentals in analog and power electronics, including inverters, gate drives, and isolated supplies.
Proficiency with statistics and data analysis.
Detail orientation and solid documentation and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

Own the electrical design of production drive inverters across Tesla vehicle programs, factories, and suppliers, and serve as the design authority for hardware changes.
Own factory test architecture for the PCBA and inverter, and set and update test limits and coverage across lines and factories.
Qualify alternate components and second sources through circuit analysis and schematic and bill-of-materials impact assessment; develop test conditions to validate new designs.
Lead yield excursions, line holds, and root-cause investigations into component, printed circuit board, and assembly issues, and drive containment with Manufacturing, Quality, and suppliers.
Convert field and fleet failures into design, firmware, or test coverage changes through teardowns, failure analysis, and reproduction on the bench, dyno, or vehicle.
Launch next-revision hardware and product variants on existing architectures, including schematic, layout, design for manufacturability, bill of materials, change control, and safety-critical circuit updates.
Partner with Motor Controls and firmware on design changes, and lead cutover with Manufacturing, Process, Quality, Firmware, and Reliability.
Own improvements to cost, complexity, test coverage, and supply-chain resilience, including transferring solutions across inverter programs.
Visit suppliers for part qualifications, design change reviews, and line audits.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with factory test, yield, and design for manufacturability.
Experience with failure analysis and root cause of field or line issues.

Category	Engineering & Information Technology
Location	Palo Alto, California
Requisition ID	282318
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<div class="MSWordContent"><p>As a Sustaining Engineer on Tesla's Drive Inverter team, you will be the design point of contact responsible for continuously improving traction drive inverters currently in production. Your scope includes the PCBA, factory test, and the hardware path into the fleet. The sustaining role is about continually improving the product, launching new product variants, reinforcing the supply chain (qualifying alternative components/suppliers), and turning factory and field issues into design, firmware, and test actions. </div>

Job Responsibilities

Own the electrical design of production drive inverters across Tesla vehicle programs, factories, and suppliers, and be the design authority for hardware changes
Own factory test architecture for the PCBA and inverter. Set and update limits and coverage that hold across lines and factories
Qualify alternate components and second sources with circuit analysis, schematic and BOM impact. Develop necessary test conditions to help validate the new designs
Lead yield excursions, line holds, and root cause on component, PCB, and assembly issues, and drive containment with Manufacturing, Quality, and Suppliers
Convert field and fleet failures into design, firmware, or test coverage changes through teardowns, failure analysis, and reproduction on the bench, dyno, or vehicle
Launch next-revision hardware and product variants on existing architectures, including schematic, layout, DFM, BOM, change control, and safety-critical circuit updates
Partner with Motor Controls and firmware on design changes, and lead cutover with Manufacturing, Process, Quality, Firmware, and Reliability
Own cost, complexity, test coverage, and supply-chain resiliency improvements, including transferring solutions across inverter programs
Visit suppliers for part qualifications, design change reviews, and line audits

Job Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
3+ years designing automotive or other high volume power electronics (inverters, gate drive, isolated supplies)
Schematic and layout ownership in Altium or similar. Able to take a change from proposal through Gerber, BOM, change control, and DVP&R
Ability to travel to different Tesla factories & offices as well as suppliers
Strong engineering fundamentals in analog and power electronics (inverters, gate drive, isolated supplies)
Proficiency with statistics and data analysis
Preferred experience with factory test, yield, and DFM
Preferred experience with failure analysis and root cause of field or line issues
A detail-oriented personality with solid documentation and reporting skills

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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