Tesla Energy is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to build the software and AI that turns production problems into working systems across Megafactories, cell production, and Powerwall sites. You will own the path from a live production issue to shipped software: diagnose the problem, write the code, integrate it with factory systems, and make it stick. Time is split between the line and the desk. This is a traveling position, up to 50% of the time.
- Design, write, and ship production software: Python services, TypeScript/React tools, APIs, and data pipelines that connect cloud backends to on-prem factory systems
- Own the path from prototype to production: Git, code review, tests, CI/CD, containers, and rollback
- Turn a production problem into a working AI solution - whiteboard to deployed MVP, then harden it
- Partner with supervisors, line leads, process engineers, and site IT to translate production problems into production-grade software
- Integrate AI and factory software into live systems: APIs, auth, data hookups, logging; operate Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD
- Debug across systems you did not build - agents, APIs, data feeds, and network boundaries - when production is waiting
- Spend time on the line to validate the solution; build and productize at the desk
- Turn one site s working solution into a reusable playbook and feed production signal back to the product team
- Bachelor s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years writing and shipping production software (not coursework, certs, or tutorials)
- Strong fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, systems design, debugging, and testing
- Full-stack fluency: Python on the backend; TypeScript/JavaScript on the frontend; REST APIs; SQL; Git
- A portfolio of deployed production work - GitHub, internal tools, or shipped products
- Experience operating what you build: Docker, CI/CD, and at least one of Kubernetes, Terraform, or a major cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Hands-on LLM/agent systems in production (auth, latency, evals, uptime)
- Comfort going from an unclear production problem to working software
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