Sr. Electrical Test Engineer, Energy Products - Palo Alto [276144]

$91,600 - $195,600 yearly

Job Description

At Tesla Energy, shipping fast without compromising reliability means one thing: brilliant test automation. As a Senior Test Automation Engineer focused on high voltage power electronics, you'll design and own automated systems that validate Tesla's residential and industrial energy products — from concept silicon to global deployment. You write the frameworks that run thousands of tests while engineers’ sleep.

The Role

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks (Python/Pytest, Robot Framework, LabVIEW/TestStand) for high-voltage power electronics systems
  • Own end-to-end Automated Test Equipment development — from instrument driver abstraction to test orchestration, data capture, and report generation
  • Design reusable, modular test libraries for hardware bench testing and production line screening — enabling teams to spin up new test coverage quickly
  • Develop firmware and embedded test code for custom test fixtures and HIL setups — microcontroller programming (STM32, ESP32, or similar) in C/C++ for sensor sampling, relay control, safety interlocks, and real-time data streaming back to the host framework
  • Design and build custom electrical test fixtures — schematic capture and PCB layout (Altium/Cadence) for breakout boards, signal conditioning, load banks, and HV switching matrices; specify connectors, contactors, and wiring harnesses for repeatable bench and production interfaces
  • Integrate test suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) so every firmware or hardware revision is automatically validated against a reliability baseline before it reaches review, and automate HALT, ALT, and burn-in sequences — sequencing climate/vibration chambers, power supplies, and measurement instruments as a single orchestrated system
Anthony Antonucci

Qualifications

Relevant experience in Energy Engineering; strong problem-solving skills; commitment to Tesla mission.

Immediate Fill

No