Electronic Design Engineer, Energy Products
Tesla
Palo Alto, California Posted October 26, 2026
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Job Description
Description:
The Energy EE team designs the eyes, ears, and brains of Tesla’s Vehicle & Optimus charging and residential/industrial energy storage products including Powerwall and Megapack. This skilled and motivated individual will keep pushing this evolving industry forward by designing central processing boards, wireless/wired communication systems, circuits to ensure user and equipment safety, energy metering, thermal controls, power supplies and distribution, system level components including breakers, contactors, and pyrofuses, and much more.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop digital and analog electronic PCBAs, and system level design for energy products
Collaborative work with mechanical, firmware, EMC, RF, design validation, thermal design, compliance, reliability, and manufacturing test engineers
Start to finish ownership of circuit board electronics – from specification through design, prototype, validation, and manufacturing
Requirements:
BS in Electrical Engineering, or the equivalent experience
Experience in selection and use of DSPs, microcontrollers, or programmable logic devices
Experience designing digital circuits including high-speed busses (CAN, Ethernet, DDR, USB, SPI etc.)
Experience in selection and use of analog sensors and signal conditioning circuits
Experience designing board level power supplies (buck, boost, flyback, etc.)
Experience in PCB layout, plane definition, thermal and EMC optimization, signal integrity
Experience with medium to high volume DFT and DFM
Previous work in the solar, energy storage, electric vehicle, or electric vehicle charging industry is a plus
High-speed digital design expertise, communications networks and fiber optics is a plus
Experience in development of digital and analog interfaces for test systems, especially (Labview, Matlab, Python) is a plus
Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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
$100,000 - $288,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.
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