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Post Silicon Validation Engineer

Tesla Motors, Inc.
104,000 - 228,000 USD
paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
United States, California, Palo Alto
Sep 19, 2025
What to Expect The role will focus on developing Post-Silicon validation plan, tools, and infrastructure for Tesla's custom SoCs and Platforms designs. As a Silicon Validation Engineer, the candidate will take on challenges like validating High-Speed Serdes, perform system level power characterization, and troubleshooting complex hardware bugs and field returns. The candidate will regularly take part in hardware design and schematics review, firmware development, and building automated test infrastructures for running large volume of post silicon system level tests. What You'll Do Create and execute synthetic workloads that stress the various functional blocks inside the silicon platforms such as the GPU, Fabric, Neural Network, Camera Interface etc. Assist in identifying and fixing any hardware bugs before going into production Bring up and characterize Autopilot Custom Silicon and PCBA Collaborate with diverse teams in hardware design, schematic reviews, firmware development, and building automated test infrastructures Write test plans, develop test cases, and catch design bugs before production Characterize and improve power and performance consumption at a system level Perform Failure Analysis on Factory and field return units What You'll Bring Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience Deep knowledge of computer architecture Microcontroller & Embedded Systems Programming Experience in C/C++ Python and bash scripting and familiarity with git and version control systems Design, verification or validation disciplines, system/platform level debug and root cause isolation, methodology and tools Experience with Test Automation Framework Development Familiarity with Logic or Protocol Analyzer equipment andARM and/or x86 microarchitecture Familiarity with JTAG and/or Open OCD Familiarity with DDR technologies (LPDDR, GDDR , etc.) 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 Expected Compensation $104,000 - $228,000/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.