What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer, Hardware Automation position at Tesla?
Role
Come join us in validating the nervous system of robots on wheels. Our team is at the heart of Low voltage system. Microcontrollers aka the brains in Tesla control over 500 interfaces involving switches, sensors, cameras, and motors. We're responsible for developing software to communicate with and validate these microcontrollers. We seek a highly motivated hands-on backend engineer for a position in this team focused on developing software frameworks internally for hardware engineering team.
Responsibilities
- Create, maintain, and expand design of Tesla's internal engineering tools related to harnesses, devices, vehicles and factory diagnostics
- Participate in next generation feature and tool development, system architecture definition, end-to-end implementation from early prototype to full release.
- Own and support existing tools by scaling them for use across the entire engineering organization while maintaining reliability
- Write translators (APIs) between applications and various internal and third-party design software packages
- Collaborate with engineers to formulate user stories and develop designs and specifications.
- Confer and collaborate with cross functional teams, hardware and software teams.
- Support bring up, validation, and development of new hardware and systems.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills with a solid foundation in data structures and algorithms
- Proficiency in Python and pydata stack (numpy, scipy, pandas, flask)
- Experience building modern web applications using React/Redux or similar component-based libraries
- UI and graphic design sensibilities
- Proficiency in SQL relational databases and/or NoSQL databases
- K8S Docker deployment experience is a plus
- Microcontroller firmware development and hardware interface experience is a plus
- Demonstrate engineering skills with quantitative projects
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