Sr. Firmware Engineer, Self-Driving

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