Staff Electrical Engineer, AI Inference Hardware

$124,000 - $240,000/Yr

Tesla - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Palo Alto, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Staff Electrical Engineer for AI Inference Hardware will be responsible for designing and developing the computing hardware that powers Tesla's autonomous driving capabilities and humanoid robots. This role involves creating complex high-speed circuit boards with customized neural engine silicon, ensuring high performance, efficiency, and reliability in both automotive and data center applications.

Responsibilities

• Hardware ownership: Specification, architecture, design, simulation, schematics, layout supervision, prototype, validation
• Design of electrical architecture, electronic circuits, processor selection and integration, system timing and bus loading
• Collaborate with PCB layout, firmware, reliability, program management, mechanical, and EMC teams
• Thoroughly document design requirements, calculations, power budgets, etc.
• Come up with validation plan and verify all the features and interfaces across corners
• Design for manufacturing, design for test and design for EMC

Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant circuit board design experience
• Demonstrated depth in end-to-end PCBA design
• Strong in high speed board design (>5Gbps) and knowledge of interfaces (DDR, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, etc.)
• Experience in high performance processor, memory, storage, network IO based for complex mother board design
• Good understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)
• Proficiency with EE tools (oscilloscopes, BERT, network analyzers, signal generators, etc.)
• Experience shipping high-volume electronics products

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of neural network and transformer AI model is not required but would be a bonus point

Benefits

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution options
• Company Paid HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• 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 including 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