Tesla, Inc

Sr. Firmware Engineer, Self-Driving

Tesla, Inc$120K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in embedded systems or firmware development
  • Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Rust
  • Proven experience with bare-metal device drivers and hardware protocols
  • Familiarity with hardware debug tools and software debuggers
  • Experience with RTOS or bare-metal embedded development
  • Knowledge of security fundamentals and secure-boot principles
  • Background in open-source contributions and projects

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with hardware teams on next-gen autonomous vehicle systems
  • Create firmware and tools during pre- and post-silicon chip development
  • Contribute to upstream projects as required
  • Write efficient C/C++/Rust code for embedded applications
  • Ensure software design scalability for high volume manufacturing
  • Assist in the bring-up, manufacturing, provisioning, and testing of platforms
  • Implement rapid software testing and deployment for agile development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical plans with $0 payroll deduction options
  • Family-building benefits including fertility and adoption support
  • Dental and vision plans without paycheck contributions
  • 401(k) plan with employer match and employee stock purchase options
  • Generous paid time off including sick, vacation, and holidays
  • Various wellness programs including weight loss and tobacco cessation
  • Childcare support resources and commuter benefits
Full Job Description
The Tesla firmware silicon development team is looking for a Firmware engineer to join the team in Austin, TX. Firmware engineers develop, test and document bare-metal software for in-house silicon and sensor projects. Software produced from this team encompasses the full software stack (ROM, bootloaders, RTOS, kernel, drivers, and lower-level user space platform services) for Tesla's innovative hardware. The successful applicant joins a team of deeply knowledgeable embedded engineers with opportunities to solve ambitious and challenging problems in the embedded space with a focus on security, correctness, and safety.

Responsibilities
  • Work closely with hardware teams to contribute to Tesla's next generation autonomous car and AI computer platforms
  • Develop firmware and tools in both pre- and post- silicon phases of chip development, including emulation platforms
  • Upstream contributions as appropriate to relevant projects
  • Develop high-quality C/C++/Rust code for bare-metal and embedded Linux environments
  • Design and support software with high volume manufacturing, scaling to millions of units
  • Support platforms bring-up, manufacturing, provisioning and test
  • Testing and deploying software incrementally for fast paced development


Requirements
  • Strong bare-metal computer fundamentals and proficiency in C/C++ coding
  • Experience developing bare-metal device drivers for devices such as: UART, CAN, I2C, SPI and non-volatile flash devices such as QSPI, eMMC or UFS
  • Comfortable using hardware debug tools (DMM, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers) and software debug tools (Trace32, GDB, KGDB, JTAG)
  • Experience with RTOS or bare-metal embedded development
  • Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
  • Linux kernel, drivers, and rust experience
  • Open-source development and contributions (please mention on resume)
  • Strong build, automation, debug, test and git skills and experience with bootloaders and firmware updating
  • Security fundamentals (secure-boot principles)
  • Experience with software emulation environment such as QEMU/Renode and experience with hardware emulation environments from Synopsis/Cadence


Compensation and Benefits
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

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    70,757 employees
    Market Cap
    $350.6 billion
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    Net Income
    $690 million
    Founded
    2003
    5 Year Trend
    +50.4%
    Revenue
    $31.5 billion
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