Tesla

Tesla is hiring: Staff Electrical Engineer, AI Inference Hardware in Palo Alto

Tesla, Palo Alto, CA, United States, 94306

The Self-Driving Hardware team is responsible for designing the computing hardware that delivers the autonomous driving capability of Tesla vehicles and humanoid robots, as well as computing infrastructure for data center. We design the complex high speed boards with Tesla customized neural engine silicon, to deliver inferencing performance while meeting efficiency, cost, reliability goals. In AI inference data center, the computer can run large-scale neural network workload in scale-up and scale-out clusters.

Responsibilities

Hardware ownership: Specification, architecture, design, simulation, schematics, layout supervision, prototype, validation
Design of electrical architecture, electronic circuits, processor selection and integration, system timing and bus loading
Collaborate with PCB layout, firmware, reliability, program management, mechanical, and EMC teams
Thoroughly document design requirements, calculations, power budgets, etc.
Come up with validation plan and verify all the features and interfaces across corners
Design for manufacturing, design for test and design for EMC

Requirements

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
5+ years of relevant circuit board design experience
Demonstrated depth in end-to-end PCBA design
Strong in high speed board design(>5Gbps) and knowledge of interfaces (DDR, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, etc)
Experience in high performance processor, memory, storage, network IO based for complex mother board design
Good understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)
Proficiency with EE tools (oscilloscopes, BERT, network analyzers, signal generators, etc.)
Experience shipping high-volume electronics products
Understanding on neural network and transformer AI model is not required but would be a bonus point

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
LGBTQ+ care concierge services
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
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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