OT Security Engineer, Energy Manufacturing

Tesla is seeking an OT Security Engineer to lead and execute production and field OT security for Tesla Energy at Giga Buffalo, New York. This role secures the manufacturing environments supporting production of Powerwall, Megapack, Solar Roof, and Solar Panel systems.

At Tesla, we secure the machine that builds and controls the machine. This engineer works hands‑on inside live production and operational environments, partnering with Energy Manufacturing Engineering, Controls Engineering, IT Manufacturing, Facilities, and InfoSec to reduce real security risk without disrupting safety, quality, or uptime.

This role spans industrial automation, robotics, power electronics manufacturing, OT networks, and secure remote access, supporting productions of Energy systems. The ideal candidate is execution driven, comfortable in high availability production environments, and capable of translating security requirements into scalable, production safe implementations.

• Execute OT security assessments and remediation across: Powerwall manufacturing and test lines. Megapack manufacturing environments. Solar Roof and Solar Panel manufacturing systems
• Drive OT vulnerability management, patching, and firmware lifecycle activities for: PLCs, HMIs, industrial PCs, test systems, and power electronics adjacent controllers
• Utilize Claroty for: Passive OT asset discovery and continuous monitoring. Approved active validation and configuration verification. Vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation tracking. Supporting detection of anomalous behavior across Energy factory environments
• Partner with Controls Engineering and IT Manufacturing to harden: PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems. Manufacturing and facility OT network architectures, segmentation, and access models
• Support secure remote access architectures for: Vendors, integrators, engineers, and support teams
• Contribute to equipment and robotics security hardening initiatives, including: Credential and access management. Firmware and configuration baselines. USB and removable media controls. Controller and test station lockdown strategies
• Support OT incident response, investigations, and recovery impacting Energy manufacturing systems
• Enable secure onboarding of new Energy manufacturing tooling, vendors, test equipment, and production lines
• Participate in threat modeling and architecture reviews for Energy manufacturing, control, and field connected OT systems
• Support backup, resilience, and recovery initiatives for critical Energy manufacturing and control infrastructure
• 2+ years of experience in OT, ICS, SCADA, or manufacturing security environments
• Hands‑on experience securing industrial automation in production settings
• Strong working knowledge of PLC platforms (Rockwell, Siemens, Beckhoff preferred)
• Practical experience with Claroty or similar OT security platforms
• Familiarity with OT protocols such as EtherNet/IP, Profinet, Modbus, and related industrial networking
• Experience implementing or supporting secure remote access for OT environments
• Proven experience executing remediation in uptime‑critical manufacturing systems
• Exposure to OT incident response and operational recovery activities
• Familiarity with SIEM integration and security telemetry (Splunk preferred)
• Security certifications are a plus; real‑world factory and Energy systems experience is highly valued

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

Expected Compensation

• Software Development Engineer - $126,000 - $189,000/annual salary

• Sr Software Development Engineer - $151,200 - $226,800/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.