Laura Novoa
Staff Software Development Engineer at Tesla
Irvine, California, United States
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Top SchoolLaura Novoa is a Staff Software Development Engineer at Tesla with 11 years of experience blending hardware/software integration and new product introduction to bring energy products from concept to market, including Tesla Gateway, Solar Inverter, Backup Switch, Powerwall 3, and PowerShare V2H. Based in Irvine, she combines deep domain expertise in power systems and controls with a PhD-level engineering foundation from UC Irvine and hands-on backgrounds in metering and utility integration. Known for optimizing product quality and customer experience, she has led cross-disciplinary NPI efforts that solved complex system-level challenges between firmware, power electronics, and field operations. Her career path spans internships to leadership roles at Tesla and utilities, revealing a practical focus on scalable, real-world energy solutions rather than purely academic designs.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoEnergy Engineering Power Systems and Thermal Systems , Energy Engineering Power Systems and Thermal Systems at Universidade Federal do ABCUniversity of California, Irvine
Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (4)
python-client1
python1
python-requests1
api1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
LauraNovoa/DERopt-smart-inverter
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:16 commits in 4 months
LauraNovoa/DERopt
Feb 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 3 pushes, 2 branches in 14 days
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