Power Electronics Engineer, Drive Inverter

Join the electric revolution as a Power Electronics Engineer at Tesla. You'll design the heart of our electric vehicles: the drive inverter, a critical component that impacts acceleration, efficiency, cost, and reliability. Collaborating with a talented team, you'll develop cutting-edge technology that pushes the boundaries of electric vehicle innovation. Your work will have a direct impact on the future of sustainable energy, and we're looking for a motivated and skilled engineer to lead the way.

Responsibilities

• Develop, characterize, and validate high voltage power semiconductors for traction inverter applications

• Measure and analyze data including switching waveforms, losses and thermal performance

• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, reliability, manufacturing and firmware engineering teams to optimize inverter switching, loss, reliability and thermal behavior

• Collaborate with suppliers to develop next generation inverters

• Design, implement, and validate solutions for EMC, reliability, and manufacturing

• Start to finish ownership of hardware - from specification to design, prototype, reliability testing and high-volume manufacturing

• Solve challenges at scale to achieve industry leading reliability and efficiency in the world's highest production volume EV drive inverters

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• Experience with high-voltage power semiconductors, including wide bandgap devices (IGBTs, SiC-MOSFETs, etc.), in high-power (>50 kW) and high-voltage (>300 V) applications

• Experience with double-pulse testing and thermal characterization, as well as familiarity with gate drive and protection circuit design for high-voltage power semiconductors

• Experience with semiconductor device reliability testing and failure analysis techniques

• Experience with scripting for data processing and test automation, such as MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW

• Experience with FEA simulation and measurement of device and busbar electrical parasitics

• Knowledge of basic control theory, and experience with embedded firmware development, electric machines, field-oriented control, thermal design, and/or mechanical design

• Knowledge of automotive environmental, reliability, and safety requirements

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:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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

$100,160 - $177,480/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.