Tesla Looking For Functional Safety Engineer – Low Voltage Power Distribution at Palo Alto, CA Full Time

Tesla is looking for a system design engineer to join the vehicle team. You are responsible for working with the vehicle architecture team to define the functional safety requirements for fail safe and fail operational systems. You will conduct various safety reviews, vetting the design robustness across all scenarios and operating conditions that our vehicles can encounter. Additionally, this role interacts with various vehicle-engineering teams (Chassis, Powertrain, HV, LV) to maintain interfaces and distill requirements.

Responsibilities

Work in coordination with the vehicle architecture team to define vehicle level functional-safety requirements

Define system reliability and robustness requirements for vehicle ECUs

Conduct Hazard Analysis & Risk Assessment (HARA) of vehicle systems/features

Conduct Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) of vehicle systems/features

Work with data infrastructures team to strategically identify information to log that quantifies real world performance

Requirements

5+ years experience developing safety critical embedded systems (firmware/hardware)

Ability to quickly shift to a variety of development environments and manage multiple on-going projects.

Excellent communication and leadership skills

Experience conducting safety reviews (HARA, FTA, FMEA, etc.)

Knowledge of ISO-26262 or similar (DO-178, ARP-4754, IEC 62304, etc.)

Must demonstrate strong systems engineering fundamentals

Good scripting skills in at least one common language (Python, Matlab)

Employee Benefits

As a full time Tesla employee you will receive full benefits from day 1 for you and your dependents.

Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare PPO and HSA plans (including infertility coverage)

3 medical plan choices with $0 paycheck contribution

Vision & dental plans (including orthodontic coverage)

Company paid Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability

401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Employee Assistance Program, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and employee discounts