Job Description

What to Expect

Tesla’s Factory Automation Robotics team builds fleet management and robot control software that operates autonomous robots and automation systems - including AMRs, ASRS, conveyance systems, and Optimus - across global manufacturing and warehouse facilities. These systems are production-critical and directly impact factory throughput, uptime, and scalability.

We are seeking a robotics software integrations engineer to lead deployments, provide production support, and drive continuous improvement of these applications across Tesla factories. The role blends a software engineering foundation with project leadership and cross-functional coordination to ensure reliable delivery, adoption, and sustained performance of robotics and automation systems.

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable debugging distributed and edge software issues, representing factory needs to engineering teams, and guiding cross-functional groups through new deployments.

This position is based in Fremont, CA with up to 15% travel to Tesla factories worldwide for onsite project launches. As the primary on-call responder for production systems, this role requires after-hours availability to support incident response, including nights and weekends on a rotating schedule.

What You’ll Do

• Represent factory operations in the development and deployment of robotics applications, ensuring product capabilities meet operational requirements and KPIs are reported to leadership and engineering teams
• Provide hands-on support for production systems, including triaging issues, debugging distributed and edge software, and driving short- and long-term resolutions with engineering teams
• Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to gather requirements, prioritize feature requests, and validate solutions in live factory environments
• Ensure system reliability and uptime through proactive monitoring, structured escalation, and continuous improvement initiatives, including workflow automation, documentation, and process standardization
• Serve as incident commander for critical production issues, coordinating teams to resolve incidents, minimize downtime, and provide data-driven root cause analysis with corrective actions
• Document troubleshooting procedures, provide user training, and mentor local engineers and technicians on software usage and best practices

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of experience in a robotics or automation integration role, with demonstrated ability to deploy fleet management or robot control software, triage production incidents, and drive resolution across software, networking, and hardware layers
• Strong organizational skills with experience in project management, deployment coordination, or program execution, and the ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-changing environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate between technical and operations teams
• Experience with backend technologies (Go, C/C++, SQL) and DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD); familiarity with messaging systems (NATS, Kafka) or API frameworks (GraphQL, gRPC) is a plus
• Experience in robotics, industrial automation, or fleet management systems is a plus

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:

• 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

$100,000 - $204,000/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.