<p>The Drive Inverter team designs the power electronics that move Tesla's cars - quickly, efficiently, and reliably. Delivering hundreds of kilowatts of power from the battery to the motor, the drive inverter integrates high voltage power electronics, low voltage circuits, controls, functional safety, thermal management, and mechanical packaging. Electronic Design Engineers on the Drive Inverter team deliver component designs to ensure the system-level performance of the industry's highest production volume traction inverters.</p> <ul> <li>End-to-end ownership of new inverter PCBA designs including specifications, architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring up, validation, and overseeing reliability and functional testing </li><li>Collaboration with cross functional teams (mechanical, firmware, test, reliability etc.) to see products through high volume manufacturing </li><li>Design and execute high voltage and high current validation of new inverter designs </li><li>Debug complex component interactions at the vehicle level </li><li>Degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 5+ years of professional experience or equivalent experience </li><li>Minimum 8 years of related industry experience, with experience managing direct reports or leading a small team </li><li>Digital and analog circuit design, including high voltage circuits or power supply design </li><li>Printed circuit board design (we use Altium) and initial bring-up: debugging, soldering, wiring, mechanical assembly </li><li>Familiarity with embedded firmware, microcontrollers and their peripherals, python scripting or similar </li><li>Familiarity with lab equipment including oscilloscopes, function generators, power supplies </li><li>Power semiconductors (MOSFETs, IGBTs, electric motors, thermal design, and/or mechanical design </li><li>Automotive networking (CAN, LIN, Ethernet) </li><li>Basic control theory, including importance of sensor bandwidths, filtering </li><li>Automation of lab equipment (GPIB/SCPI/VISA) </li></ul>