Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Forward Deployed Engineer - Robotics Fleet Software

Software EngineeringUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeBrookshire, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Hands-on experience commissioning software for at least one autonomous mobile robot (AMR) fleet on site and verifying a workflow on physical robots against acceptance criteria.
Experience writing and testing production integration code in a language such as Python, Go, C++, or C#, with source control and code review.
Experience integrating fleet software with factory equipment or warehouse systems using APIs, messages, or programmable logic controller (PLC) handshakes.
Ability to diagnose a failed material move using Linux logs, network traces, and equipment state, and demonstrate that the fix prevents recurrence.
Experience designing tests for normal operation and recovery and measuring throughput or reliability against a production target.
Experience owning an integration through handoff, communicating blockers to factory partners, and teaching operators how to recover from faults.
Experience checking system-integrator-assisted code, tests, or diagnostics against observed system behavior before using them in a deployment.

Responsibilities

Turn factory process requirements into software that connects fleet missions, manufacturing execution systems (MES), and station controls.
Build and test station interfaces for pickup, docking, and load transfer, including retries and recovery after an interrupted move.
Run virtual commissioning with emulated robots, then test the same workflows on physical equipment through factory and site acceptance.
Measure throughput, cycle time, and operator interventions against site targets, and explain discrepancies between simulation and observed performance to factory partners.
Trace stalled missions across fleet services, robot controllers, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs); reproduce the fault, test the fix, and verify recovery on the line.
Train operators and sustaining engineers, document routine recovery and escalation paths, and support production incidents on call.
Bring repeatable site fixes into the shared product with the product and software teams, using reviewed code, regression tests, and diagnostics that another site can reuse.

Category	Tesla SI
Location	Brookshire, Texas
Requisition ID	250589
Type	Full-time

Job Description

<div class="MSWordContent"><p>Tesla’s Factory Automation Robotics team builds software that controls mobile robots and coordinates material flow across robot fleets, conveyors and automated storage and retrieval systems. You will represent the software team at your factory and own each application from process requirements through production handoff. You will write the code that connects factory systems to robot missions, commission the fleet on the floor and verify that it delivers parts at the rate the line needs. You will train operators to recover from routine faults and bring recurring problems to the product team for fixes other factories can use. </div>

Job Responsibilities

Turn factory process requirements into software that connects fleet missions, manufacturing execution systems (MES) and station controls
Build and test station interfaces for pickup, docking and load transfer, including retries and recovery after an interrupted move
Run virtual commissioning with emulated robots, then test the same workflows on physical equipment through factory and site acceptance
Measure throughput, cycle time and operator interventions against site targets. Explain discrepancies between simulation and observed performance to factory partners
Trace stalled missions across fleet services, robot controllers and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Reproduce the fault, test the fix and verify recovery on the line
Train operators and sustaining engineers, document routine recovery and escalation paths, and support production incidents on call
Bring repeatable site fixes into the shared product with the product and software teams. Use reviewed code, regression tests and diagnostics that another site can reuse

Job Requirements

Hands-on experience commissioning software for at least one autonomous mobile robot (AMR) fleet on site and verifying a workflow on physical robots against acceptance criteria
Experience writing and testing production integration code in a language such as Python, Go, C++ or C#, with source control and code review
Experience integrating fleet software with factory equipment or warehouse systems using APIs, messages or PLC handshakes
Ability to diagnose a failed material move using Linux logs, network traces and equipment state, and show that the fix prevents recurrence
Experience designing tests for normal operation and recovery and measuring throughput or reliability against a production target
Experience owning an integration through handoff, communicating blockers to factory partners and teaching operators how to recover from faults
Experience checking SI-assisted code, tests or diagnostics against observed system behavior before using them in a deployment

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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