Forward Deployed Engineer, Energy

Description

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

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