Sr. System Validation Engineer, Residential Energy

To ensure Tesla's overall mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy, the Tesla Energy team is bringing our world-leading battery technology to the grid. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough firmware, electronics, test, and manufacturing capability to develop and deploy grid-connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility levels.

Tesla Energy is seeking a highly skilled System Validation Engineer to lead firmware / software validation efforts for our residential energy products. You will be responsible for developing test plans per regional interconnect requirements, building advanced test infrastructure, and ensuring our products are fully validated for all grid standards and markets in a timely manner.

We emphasize collaboration in our work and always encourage each other to have fun while we change the world together.

• Lead system-level firmware validation for residential energy storage systems, solar PV, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology across multiple grid standards and markets
• Design, build, and maintain advanced test setups and infrastructure to enable system-level firmware validation
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans to validate grid support functions, performance, safety, and interoperability requirements
• Perform firmware integration testing of grid support functions and identify firmware defects early in the development cycle
• Develop and maintain automated test suites to enable continuous regression testing

• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals with understanding of power electronics and control systems
• 5+ years of experience in grid-connected power electronics compliance testing, hardware/firmware integration, or power systems validation
• Familiarity with grid compliance standards (e.g., IEEE, UL, EN) and regional grid codes
• Proficiency with specialized test equipment: power analyzers, grid simulators, oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, CAN tools
• Preferred: Programming familiarity in Python for test automation
• Preferred: International grid compliance experience (Europe, Australia, Japan, etc.)

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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

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.