Software QA Engineer, Integration, AI Platforms

What to Expect

Tesla is a leader in innovative technology, pioneering advancements in autonomous vehicles and humanoid robotics. Our cutting-edge AI platform powers some of the most advanced systems globally, including Autopilot for vehicles and humanoid robots.

As a Software QA Engineer within our Autonomy Integration team, you will play a crucial role in advancing our AI platform's integration with vehicles and humanoid robotics. You'll be at the forefront of testing and validating features that leverage the power of Tesla AI, ensuring reliable and safe operation according to system requirements.

You will be responsible for identifying gaps in test coverage, constructing scenarios that exercise fail-operational behaviors, and publishing reliability metrics. Your tests will execute on SIL/HIL and real-time simulation frameworks, ensuring correct operation of features at the convergence of AI solutions, system interfaces, sensors, actuators, and applications.

• Work with software developers and hardware designers to cultivate an expert understanding of sensors, actuators, AI models, and their interfaces with the AI computer
• Develop and execute comprehensive system and sub-system level test specifications and test plans and provide feedback to development team
• Identify risks to interfaces and mechanisms that enable redundancy and fail-operational behaviors
• Use AI-driven tools to design and execute tests and evaluate results efficiently and repeatedly on HIL/SIL and real-time simulation environments
• Investigate field issues through data analysis and issue reproduction
• Navigate production source code to identify and debug issues and propose robust solutions
• Participate in the development of technical safety requirements and associated validation plans according to common industry standards (ISO 26262) in support of functional safety objectives
• Monitor live performance of deployed builds in the field to identify regressions, anomalies, and long-term trends, and feed insights back into validation, testing, and release decisions

• Practical experience developing for test frameworks in Python and debugging production C++ codebases
• Experience with embedded systems software and hardware design concepts
• Experience with automotive communication standards such as CAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

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 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

$132,000 - $330,000/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.