Tesla Associate/Senior/Staff Drive/Traction Inverter Powertrain Performance Modeling 

Germany, Brandenburg 

815736113

• Develop an inverter modeling framework that will manage key project deliverables, automate reports, manage large datasets, and provide insight into next generation designs.​

• Work with experimental data to develop power semiconductor and thermal models.​

• Use and improve the team’s in-house developed semiconductor electrical and thermal characterization tools/setups.​

• Use Tesla's world class motor and drive unit dynamometers to test inverter operation and validate loss models across torque and speed.​

• Take part in system level studies to optimize inverter performance for application specific operation.​

• Collaborate with Motor Design and Control Engineers, Thermal System Designers, Inverter Firmware Developers, and Reliability Engineers to ensure optimal, efficient, safe and reliable operation.​

• Effectively and proactively communicate modeling results to drive architecture, cost, and performance initiatives.​

• M.Sc. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience.​

• Excellent understanding of power semiconductors and/or power converters working principle.​

• Excellent first-principal physics understanding of electrical and mechanical systems, power delivery, energy storage and conversion, and basic thermo-dynamics.​

• Experience with advanced model development in MATLAB/Simulink, preferably of power converters.​

• Hands on experience with power-semiconductor double pulse testing and thermal system characterization.​

• Proficient with common electronic test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, DC-supplies, multimeters, network analyzers, and power analyzers).​

Additional Preferred Skills​

• Experience with large datasets and complex models.​

• Experience with code repositories and version control systems (e.g., Git).