Role
As a member of Tesla’s controls team, you will design, simulate and help implement and calibrate control algorithms to achieve various performance objectives with new Tesla products
Responsibilities

• Research, design, simulate, specify, implement, debug, and test control and estimation algorithms for various electrical, mechanical, and thermal systems
• Work on using high level controls and modeling analytic tools to inform product development in terms of actuator, sensor and kinematic design.
• Work collaboratively with responsible electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers to define sensing requirements, establish control system capabilities, and set targets
• Advance Tesla IP in control systems for new products

Requirements

• Greater than 3 years experience with controls system development, modeling, and implementation in an embedded environment
• BS/MS/PhD in EE/ME or equivalent
• Solid background in linear systems analysis, stability, and controller design
• Experience, understanding, and intuition for the physics of basic electric propulsion, motion control systems, and heat transfer
• Creating dynamic models of electrical, mechanical and thermal systems
• Model development and data analysis in Matlab/Simulink
• Strong communication and preference for working in teams
• Familiarity with control of non-linear systems
• Capability of delivering high-quality code in an embedded environment
• Familiarity with embedded microprocessor design process: compilers, debuggers, IDE
• Experience developing in an RTOS environment