(Senior) Embedded Software / Firmware Engineer - Power Electronics (m/f/d)

What To Expect

At Tesla Engineering Germany GmbH in Freiburg, we’re building the future of sustainable energy by developing innovative power electronics for energy storage and vehicle charging systems. Join our team to collaborate across different engineering areas, solve meaningful challenges creatively and transfer concepts from initial design, through prototyping and testing into real-world solutions.

This is an opportunity to own key projects, use modern tools, and work in state-of-the-art facilities to create technologies that shape how energy systems evolve. You get to work on advancing power electronics used for Tesla products globally, thereby directly contributing to the acceleration of the world's transition to sustainable energy.

What You'll Do

• Write high-quality C code for real-time embedded systems
• Firmware development and debugging, code/performance optimization, create and execute board level test plans to expose weakness or faults in hardware and firmware
• Translate controls algorithms into software implementation and integrate them into firmware and validation frameworks
• Deliver and manage test firmware to support manufacturing of product assemblies across in-house and external production facilities
• Hands-on hardware bring-up and qualification of power converters, and lab work as needed for development/debug activities through the entire product lifecycle
• Work with product deployment teams to track fleet performance, assess behavioral issues and help drive firmware improvements to resolve anomalies and deliver new product features

What You'll Bring

• BS or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or proof of exceptional skills in related fields, with practical engineering experience
• Capable of delivering top quality C code in a real-time embedded environment
• Expert software fundamentals including algorithm development, data structures, code modularity, and maintainability
• Strong electrical fundamentals with the ability to read hardware schematics and work with the hardware team to deliver production worthy hardware/software co-designed architecture
• Proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, Simulink, Rust
• Experience with typical microcontroller peripherals such as ADC, DAC, PWM, Timers etc. and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, UART etc.
• Familiarity with unit testing, software in the loop, or hardware in the loop methodologies is desirable

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