Software Engineer, Tesla Bot & Robotaxi

Tesla AI’s Teleoperation team is charged with providing remote access to our robotaxis and humanoid robots. Our cars and robots operate autonomously in challenging environments. As we iterate on the AI that powers them, we need the ability to access and control them remotely. This requires building highly optimized low latency reliable data streaming over unreliable transports in the real world. At Tesla, we control the entire hardware and software stack, end to end. Our goal is to integrate our hardware, firmware and backend expertise to achieve a cutting-edge system. Our remote operators are transported into the device’s world using a state-of-the-art VR rig that allows them to remotely perform complex and intricate tasks. Working with hardware teams, you will drive requirements, make design decisions and implement software integration for this custom teleoperation system.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for developing the Unreal application that our Remote Operators use to interface with our cars and robots.
• Influence architectural and UX decisions with a focus on usability, security, reliability, and high performance.
• Choose technologies that will allow us to scale with our growing fleet of cars and robots while efficiently utilizing cloud infrastructure and managing costs.
• Setup and maintain monitoring, metrics & reporting systems for fine-grained observability and actionable alerting.

What You’ll Bring

• Practical experience using application layer languages like C++ and Python.
• Expertise with 3D graphics and game engines – specifically Unreal.
• Experience with both Windows and Linux environments: networking, wireless (WiFi and Bluetooth), filesystems and storage.
• Familiarity with writing and maintaining custom shaders.
• Familiarity with build systems like MSVC and bazel.

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans with 2 medical plan options ($0 payroll deduction).
• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans with options for $0 paycheck contributions.
• Company Paid HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services.
• 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.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions) and Paid Holidays.
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources.
• Voluntary benefits 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.

Expected Compensation
$120,000 - $318,000 annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits.