Software Validation Engineer, Integration, AI Platforms

Tesla Motors, Inc.
132,000 - 390,000 USD
paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
United States, California, Palo Alto
Jul 29, 2025
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 Validation Engineer for Integration within our Autonomy teams, 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 seamless functionality across various platforms. You will be responsible for identifying gaps in test coverage, building test systems, and publishing reliability metrics for the explicit software stack at the convergence of system interfaces, sensors, actuators, and applications. The team contributes to the development and deployment of new features on both vehicles and robotics platforms. Join us in shaping the future of mobility and robotics technology. What You'll Do Work with software developers and hardware designers to cultivate an expert understanding of sensors, actuators, telemetry, and other sub-systems and their interfaces with the autonomy 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 Build tools and methods to execute tests and evaluate results efficiently and repeatedly on HIL and SIL environments Develop prototype test setups to integrate new subsystems with simulated or actual vehicle components Investigate field issues through data analysis and issue reproduction Navigate production source code to identify and debug issues and propose robust solutions. Build metrics in support of functional safety validation according to common industry standards (ISO 26262, etc) What You'll Bring 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 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 $132,000 - $390,000/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.