Staff Power Electronics Engineer, Inverter, Semi

Join a team of innovative electrical engineers at Tesla who are pioneering the next generation of power electronics for our current and future vehicle platforms. The drive inverter design team is passionate about producing designs with world-class performance and reliability that are manufactured at a massive scale.

We are seeking a highly skilled and driven power electronics engineer to join us in the development of cutting-edge technologies from concept to mass production. You will have the opportunity to contribute to drive inverter power electronics design.

• Develop, characterize, and validate high voltage power semiconductors for traction inverter applications

• Measure and analyze data including switching waveforms, losses and thermal performance

• Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, reliability, manufacturing and firmware engineering teams to optimize inverter switching, loss, reliability and thermal behavior

• Collaborate with suppliers to develop next generation inverter

• Design, implement, and validate solutions for EMC, reliability, and manufacturing

• Start to finish ownership of hardware - from specification to design, prototype, reliability testing and high-volume manufacturing

• Solve challenges at scale to achieve industry leading reliability and efficiency in the world's highest production volume EV drive inverters

• Eight years industry experience in electrical engineering or equivalent experience

• Experience with high power higher than 50kW and high voltage higher than 300V application

• Experience with high voltage power semiconductors including wide bandgap devices (IGBTs, MOSFETs or GaNs etc.)

• Hands on experience with double pulse testing and thermal characterization

• Experience with scripting for data processing and test automation, e.g. MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW

• Familiarity with gate drive and protection circuit design for high voltage power semiconductors

• Proficiency with standard EE tools (scopes, network analyzers, signal generators, DAQs, etc.)