Sr. Software Engineer, Megapack

Tesla Energy is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join a small team responsible for a system software for Megapack. Megapack is Tesla’s fastest-growing product: it’s proving increasingly critical to supporting today’s unprecedented load growth from electrification and new AI datacenters. Our small team ensures the software glue holding everything together is reliable, secure, and scalable for our current and upcoming industrial storage products.

We build solutions for firmware updates, advanced commissioning and diagnostic tools, the full stack of site networking (network switch firmware, high performance secure control communications, site network architecture), and other middleware. We are looking for candidates experienced with a diverse range of topics, including embedded Linux, new hardware bring-up, containerization, and general system software. Background in low-latency and real-time Linux systems is particularly helpful, but most of all we’re looking for people with high capacity and ability to ramp up in whatever topic is needed.

Responsibilities

• Drivers and tooling for custom secure/high-performance communication protocols
• Firmware for embedded network switches
• Over-the-air firmware updaters
• On-device diagnostic tools

Middleware/microservice orchestration and management

• Board bring-up and new firmware development for upcoming products
• Closely work with teams across the company, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Applications, QA, Validation and Manufacturing

Requirements

• Strong systems-programming knowledge and excellent debugging skills are critical to be successful in this role.
• 5+ years’ experience developing for Linux-based embedded systems or other system software
• Comfortable debugging hardware issues

Can read and interpret system schematics

• Proficient in a systems programming language - C, C++, and/or Rust (Rust preferred)
• Working knowledge of embedded communication protocols and technologies such as i2c, SPI, CAN, UDS, Ethernet, tcp/udp, ipv6, protobuf/grpc, etc.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration (docker/podman, docker-compose, etc.)
• Experience writing and understanding technical specifications

Pay

$168,000 - $300,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.

Benefits

• 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)
• 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