Is Tesla a good company to work for as a Firmware Development Engineer?

Firmware Development Engineer professionals working at Tesla have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 16 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Tesla employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Firmware Development Engineer Jobs at Tesla now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Firmware Development Engineer interview questions at Tesla .

Does Tesla pay Firmware Development Engineer employees well?

Firmware Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Tesla with 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 16 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 27.9% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Firmware Development Engineer salaries at Tesla.

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"No work life balance and very demanding" ((in 832 reviews)); "very poor management; no life and work balance; pay rate is miserable according to the work being done." ((in 705 reviews)); "Long hours and increased job responsibilities without increasing the support to help get those responsibilities done." ((in 692 reviews)); "Typically extreme bottom performers in sales and in the delivery team its people that the delivery managers do not like." ((in 257 reviews)); "Long hours are expected" ((in 234 reviews))

Tesla Firmware Development Engineer reviews

3.6

95% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Elon Musk

99% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

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Firmware Development Engineer employees have rated Tesla with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Firmware Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Tesla is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Firmware Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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16 reviews

5.0

May 24, 2023

Firmware Engineer

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

So Much To Learn In Day to Day practice.

Cons

Work-Life Balance is an Issue to some extent.

5.0

Sep 9, 2021

Young and Agile

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Full of passionate engineer Young and agile I told an issue to manager, and 2 days after Director scheduled group meeting to solve the problem. Superfast. A lot to learn Engineering leaders are really smart.

Cons

Intense. Frequent change in direction. Your responsibility is wide.

5.0

Oct 4, 2020

Role can be tough/stressful at times but feels more rewarding

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to work on cool products definitely goes a long way but the fast timelines sometimes seems to create unnecessary stress.

Cons

Given the budget constrainsts, not that many cool perks compared to some of the other Bay Area tech startups and giants.

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