Sr. Electronic Design Engineer

Tesla Tesla · Auto · PALO ALTO, CA · Tesla AI

This role focuses on the design, validation, and production of wireless communication systems and associated products, including 5G cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GNSS technologies for vehicles. It requires expertise in digital and analog electronics, schematic capture, PCB layout, board bring-up, validation, and manufacturing support.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and develop digital electronics, analog electronics, and power supplies for wireless hardware platform
  2. Perform schematic capture and PCB layout design, optimizing for electrical performance, thermal management, manufacturing constraints, and cost
  3. Conduct board bring-up, validation, troubleshotting, system integration, manufacturing test support, and field return failure analysis
  4. Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept design through full design cycles
  5. Transition of the electrical system design, including power management, micro-controller, and wireless communication to high-volume production

Skills

Required

  • 5-10 years relevant work experience in digital/analog electronic designs
  • Degree in Electronics Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Hands-on experience in prototype bring-up and debugging, validation, and manufacturing support
  • Hands on experience in working with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, frequency generators, etc.
  • Experience with digital and memory interfaces (UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, USB, JTAG, Ethernet, PCIe, SDIO, LPDDR3/4, etc.), and signal integrity analysis
  • Familiarity with PCB stack-up, SMT process, In-circuit tests, manufacturing tests and designing for DFM/DFT
  • Problem solver with outstanding communication and interpersonal skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with Altium/Cadence design tools
  • knowledge with wireless (LTE/WiFi/BT/GNSS) system development and board level design
  • Experience with ARM based processors and PMIC design
  • Familiarity with digital ASICs and system design on Mobile phone applications