Sr. Software Engineer, Megapack

What To Expect Tesla Energy is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to join the team responsible for system software for Megapack. Megapack is Tesla’s fastest-growing product and is proving increasingly critical to supporting today’s unprecedented load growth from electrification and new AI data centers. Our 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, site networking, secure control communications and other middleware. Candidates may have deeper experience in embedded and low-level systems or in networking, communication protocols and security. Strong programming knowledge, excellent debugging skills and the ability to ramp up quickly are critical to success in this role.

What You'll Do- Develop and build a variety of features, tooling and drivers for Megapack system software

• Contribute across areas such as embedded systems, networking, firmware updates, diagnostics and middleware

• Develop secure and high-performance communication capabilities for Megapack devices and site networks

• Build and maintain software for embedded network switches, communication stacks and network management

• Support board bring-up and firmware development for current and upcoming products

• Diagnose and resolve complex software, networking and hardware-related issues

• Develop new features while maintaining and improving existing system software

• Work closely with Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Product Design, Applications, QA, Validation and Manufacturing teams What You'll Bring- 2+ years of experience developing embedded systems, networking software or other system software

• Strong programming ability in C, C++, Rust, Go, Java or another relevant language

• Strong systems-programming knowledge and excellent debugging skills

• Experience developing and owning new software or firmware features

• Experience working with Linux, operating systems, networking or other low-level software

• Ability to learn unfamiliar technologies quickly and contribute across a broad technical environment

• Experience with embedded Linux, firmware, drivers or operating-system internals preferred

• Experience with network switches, Ethernet, VLANs, redundancy protocols, communication stacks or secure communications preferred

• Knowledge of technologies such as I2C, SPI, CAN, UDS, TCP/UDP, IPv6, protobuf or gRPC preferred

• Experience with hardware debugging, system schematics, board bring-up or container technologies preferred Benefits Compensation and 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)

• 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 Expected Compensation

$140,000 - $300,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

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.

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