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Tesla Motors, Inc.

Software Engineer, Infotainment Platforms Validation, Vehicle Software

Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94306

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What to Expect Tesla's Software Platforms team provides the foundation on which the in-vehicle user experience is built. We own the Software Platform (kernel, bootchain, drivers, and lower-level userspace platform services) for the Infotainment systems across our vehicle lineup. This includes high resolution touch displays, high-definition audio, Bluetooth/WiFi/cellular connectivity, USB, cameras - all connected to high performance multi-core processors and GPUs. As a member of the Software Platforms Validation team, you'll be responsible for ensuring that improvements and new features for these systems in our vehicles are thoroughly vetted, building confidence and assessing risks before signing off on each software release.

Join a team of top-notch Software Engineers and Test Engineers committed to continuously improving our vehicles' features and to holding the highest bar for the performance and reliability of our software systems. You will build automation & simulation tools and fleet telemetry pipelines to perform data-based assessments of essential subsystems in our vehicles. You will collaborate across teams, HW and SW as well as Service and Manufacturing, to identify and address critical issues. The ideal candidate is a self-driven and hands-on problem solver, utilizing a range of technologies and strategies to validate and ship our software platforms.

What You'll Do

Become an expert on core subsystems running on the Infotainment computer to perform validation reviews and risk assessments before releasing software to the fleet

Write and ship software to the vehicle and build automated systems in the backend to generate and analyze fleet data from the millions of Tesla vehicles worldwide

Define evaluation metrics, create visualizations and dashboards to support the monitoring and refinement of our systems

Build and maintain HIL testers and internal frameworks/tools to accelerate experimentation and debugging of features

Measure and optimize system performance, leveraging off-the-shelf profiling/tracing tools as well as building new custom tools

Work cross-functionally to investigate and fix issues that you identify

What You'll Bring

Strong proficiency with one of the following: Python, C/C++, Golang, or Java

Experience with Linux/Unix environments and system administration

Experience with CI/CD systems

Experience with large scale data processing and querying

Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills

Experience with embedded systems software design concepts is a plus

Experience with automotive communication standards such as CAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP is a plus

A passion for troubleshooting failures to determine root causes

A passion for constantly improving code quality and system efficiency, testability, monitoring, & observability

Compensation and 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)

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

Expected Compensation $133,440 - $433,680/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits Pay 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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