What to Expect
Tesla is solving robust embodied intelligence through humanoid robots. You will join the team building the vision and multimodal foundation models that allow Optimus to understand, interact, and navigate the world. Working at the intersection of large-scale deep learning and real-world robotics, you will own the full model lifecycle - from designing massive-scale data engines and auto labeling pipelines to architecting novel neural networks and deploying them to thousands of robots.
What You'll Do
Design and build scalable data pipelines, utilizing classical computer vision and off-the-shelf models to auto label massive video datasets
Develop and train state-of-the-art foundational vision and multimodal networks, focusing on efficient tokenization, compression, and fusion of vision, language, audio, and tactile data
Iterate on neural network architectures to improve perception, 3D understanding, and world modeling capabilities
Optimize models for deployment on edge compute, utilizing quantization, pruning, and distillation to ensure real-time performance on the robot
Collaborate with hardware and controls engineers to close the loop between perception and actuation in the real world
What You'll Bring
Strong software engineering skills in Python with an ability to write production-quality code
Experience with PyTorch or another major deep learning framework (e.g., JAX, TensorFlow)
Experience training large-scale models on distributed GPU clusters
Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra, computational geometry, probability theory, and numerical optimization, are a plus
Familiarity with classical computer vision (camera models, calibration, sensor fusion) is a plus
Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra, computational geometry, probability theory, and numerical optimization, are a plus
Familiarity with classical computer vision (camera models, calibration, sensor fusion) is a plus
Domain expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Foundational Vision: Vision encoder pretraining, dense prediction, segmentation
3D & Geometry: Multiview geometry, NeRFs, 3D Gaussian Splatting, geometric vision models
Multimodal Models: World models, video generation, vision-language-action models
Human/Object Reconstruction: Mesh reconstruction, hand pose estimation, human-object interaction, object affordance
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
$176,000 - $420,000/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.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
