Engineering Manager, Low Voltage Systems Validation, Vehicle Software

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Engineering Manager, Low Voltage Systems Validation, Vehicle Software

| Job Category | Vehicle Software | | Location | PALO ALTO, California | | Req. ID | 263057 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

The Low Voltage Systems Validation team validates all software-driven, system-level requirements for vehicle power management, body control subsystems and vehicle lock system before new hardware or software releases or product launches. This involves pioneering, building, and operating state-of-the-art automated test infrastructure to boost testing efficiency and precision across the product development, validation, and release cycle.

The subsystems you validate are among the most customer-facing in the vehicle. Every interaction an user has with seats, lights, wipers, locks, and controls flows through your team's work. Delivering a top-tier and flawless experience in these systems is critical in maintaining Tesla’s leadership position in the autonomous vehicles market. You will also ensure these safety-critical features meet rigorous regulatory and safety standards across global markets, driving safe and compliant product launches worldwide. With Tesla's expanding product portfolio and regional configurations, you will architect validation strategies that scale across a vast matrix of variants while maintaining the quality and refinement.

You will lead teams validating real-time control systems that directly shape the daily customer experience. Your contributions will ensure Tesla continue to deliver vehicle software that’s reliable, safe, compliant, energy efficient, and intuitive to customers by ensuring flawless software integration across these subsystems.

What You’ll Do

• Team Building: Manage, mentor, and grow a team of validation and software engineers within the Low Voltage Systems Validation team. Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and accountability. Drive expansion of test infrastructure and test automation to scale with product and variant growth
• Validation Strategy: Define and execute the roadmap for hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop test infrastructure to comprehensively validate the low voltage power, body controls and vehicle access & security systems
• Variant & Fleet Quality Management: Develop and maintain validation strategies that address the breadth of regional, hardware, and feature variants across Tesla's product lineup. Ensure quality and refinement of features deployed to the global customer fleet, catching regressions and edge cases before they reach customers
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all features meet global regulatory and homologation requirements. Partner with compliance and certification teams to validate features against evolving standards and market-specific requirements across all regions
• Process Improvement: Refine validation and release processes to deliver high-quality, compliant software with minimal overhead. Drive ongoing enhancements in methodologies, tools, and workflows to improve efficiency, coverage, and variant management
• Cross-Organizational Alignment: Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Controls, Hardware Design, Software Development, Manufacturing, Release Management, Reliability, Homologation, and Component Test teams to eliminate validation gaps and accelerate compliant software deployment
• Technical Leadership: Lead debugging and root cause analysis of complex issues involving networked microprocessors, sensors, actuators, and power management electronics. Champion robust validation of customer-facing features and safety-critical functions
• Executive Reporting: Deliver progress updates, metrics, and insights to the Vehicle Controls Validation Manager and engineering leadership. Consolidate risks, mitigations, compliance status, and forward recommendations for your functional areas
• Innovation: Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate advanced validation techniques for power systems, body controls, and vehicle access systems
• Customer Focus: Continuously look for ways to improve safety, energy efficiency, feature refinement, and customer satisfaction with Tesla products through rigorous validation of user-facing systems

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Strong experience in software validation, systems engineering, or embedded systems development, with a track record of leading engineering teams
• Deep knowledge of embedded systems, real-time operating systems, and control algorithms—particularly in low voltage power management and body control applications
• Familiarity with functional safety standards (ISO 26262) and automotive regulatory/homologation requirements (FMVSS, ECE, GB)
• Experience managing validation across a large number of product variants and regional configurations
• Expertise in validation tools and methodologies such as HIL/SIL environments, test benches, and simulation-based validation
• Hands-on experience debugging complex systems involving networked microprocessors and software-controlled electrical/electromechanical sensors and actuators
• Strong analytical skills with a track record of solving complex technical challenges in power and body systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present to stakeholders

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:

• 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

• $180,000 - $360,000/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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