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Firmware Validation Engineer, Supercharger, Semi

Tesla

Location

Palo Alto, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/26/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
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·FY 2025

Job description

The Supercharger Team at Tesla is seeking an engineer to test EV charger features, ensuring quality and safety for Tesla owners and third-party EVs. The role involves designing and implementing firmware validation procedures and collaborating with development teams to enhance the reliability of charging products.

Requirements

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in Python, C, C++
  • 2+ years of relevant experience in embedded design/validation
  • Expertise testing devices and debugging hardware (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, DMM)
  • Desire to improve code robustness and design testing infrastructure
  • Experience in electronic and system schematic design & capture (Altium Designer) preferred
  • Experience with Docker preferred
  • Experience designing or interfacing with test setups preferred
  • Knowledge of source control (Git) and continuous integration (Jenkins) preferred
  • Knowledge of EVSE, EVs preferred

Responsibilities

  • Design advanced automated test suites for Hardware/Processor/Software-in-the-loop (HIL/PIL/SIL)
  • Architect methods of integrating the automated test suites into development processes
  • Create reporting mechanisms for automated testing for firmware and hardware
  • Work alongside development and integration teams to create automated regression tests
  • Assist in creating unit tests
  • Explore and innovate methods of testing the robustness and quality of the charging firmware
  • Understand and deconstruct complicated software systems and devise strategies to test these systems
  • Create and execute test plans designed to expose weakness or faults in components
  • Report the coverage of the automated tests and the metrics that the code is being evaluated against
  • Cohesively work with developers to optimize the acceleration of component validation with the use of metric driven data

Benefits

  • Employees at Tesla are often offered day-one coverage with multiple medical options (some at $0 paycheck cost), dental/vision, company HSA contributions, a 401(k) match, and equity programs. Most roles also include paid time off and holidays, family-building support, employee assistance, commuter and childcare benefits, and access to discounts and wellness programs.

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