Staff Software Engineer & Team Lead, AC Charging

The Tesla Energy Device Software team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer and Team Lead to build firmware and device software for Wall Connector and Tesla s broader AC charging products.

Wall Connector is not only installed in millions of homes and parking spaces, charging tens of millions of cars. It's also a key part of Powershare, Tesla s bidirectional vehicle (V2X) strategy, enabling home backup and vehicle grid participation at terawatt-hour scale. You ll lead embedded component design, device-level controls, metering compliance, multi-device site coordination, third-party system integration, and global product readiness including regional compliance and certifiable software paths for new markets.

Our products also face the challenges of any IoT system: installation, configuration, field diagnostics, and health monitoring. They need to be commissioned and registered, run autonomously, respond to commands, generate telemetry, and receive over-the-air updates. Our stack spans bare-metal and RTOS firmware, embedded Linux, local and cloud protocols, and validation tooling. You'll bring pragmatism, comfort diving into unfamiliar code and standards, willingness to collaborate across hardware, validation, compliance, product, and partner teams, ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, and strong engineering leadership to the table.

• Design, architect, and deliver AC charging device software across real-time embedded and embedded Linux environments

• Own and contribute to core product areas such as metering, comms stacks, safety-related behaviors, charging state machines, diagnostics, and validation

• Collaborate with Product, Hardware, System Integration, Compliance, and Service to turn requirements (including regional compliance) into hardware and software designs, API contracts, tests, and shippable firmware

• Define system architecture, automated testing strategy, and engineering practices that raise product reliability, developer productivity, and release confidence

• Plan, execute, and delegate roadmap initiatives to meet product and business requirements on time with high quality, scalable software solutions

• 5 years' experience building, debugging, and shipping software for embedded products

• Experience leading technical teams, mentoring engineers, and driving strategic planning

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

• Proficiency in real-time embedded systems or embedded Linux, embedded systems languages (C, C++, Rust), and debugging hardware

• Exposure to EV charging, safety standards, global/market compliance, multi-device site controls, or third-party protocol integration is a plus

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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation

$168,000 - $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.