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Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Systems Process Engineer - Energy Service

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Hayward, CA, USA
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Software Engineering

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Requirements
  • Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering background, or equivalent, with real software skills; treat process as software that is versioned, testable, releasable, and owned.
  • Fluency in test automation and software-as-process, including automating validation, building release gates, and turning field knowledge into deterministic checks.
  • Software product development experience shipping user-facing tools or field software, including requirements, iteration, launch, and post-launch metrics.
  • Ability to design for technicians working on hardware under site constraints and determine whether the appropriate fix is software, tooling, training, or deleting a step.
  • Ability to quantify labor hours, labor costs, improficient versus standard work, first-pass yield, and return on investment, and use that analysis to prioritize releases.
  • Comfort with rapid beta testing, field trials, and global rollout under change control.
Responsibilities
  • Own systems process for product self-test scripts and the internal GUID tool; write service activity specifications and first-pass-yield formulas for top Megapack and Supercharger self-test procedures; audit shapes; release custom software-to-hardware tools, firmware, and procedure packages; drive internal GUID tool changes to engineering change proactively; and publish self-test health metrics.
  • Make efficiency baselines and procedures trustworthy by creating dynamic time estimates for high-volume self-test routines, establishing deterministic pass/fail criteria, investigating multi-quarter median failures with field technician champions, and eliminating outliers before they create permanent labor.
  • Industrialize tooling and beta testing by taking beta tools through procedure development and initial field trials, using pre-usage inspection as the primary field tooling success metric, and owning full ecosystem rollout and vendor quality control.
  • Integrate process into data collection, including signal, high-quality field data, service action symptoms, sensing and connectivity root-cause-analysis paths, and training and call-center input that informs OKRs.
  • Drive specifications for technician software and support systems that replace manual steps, including auto-capture, guided workflows, and tooling hooks that prevent the field from re-entering information already known to the system.
  • Perform time-cost and first-pass-yield analysis on every change; release process and software packages quickly and with control; and create user profiles for electricians and service technicians to improve first-pass success.
Desired Qualifications
  • Exposure to energy storage, charging, embedded systems, or service tooling.
  • Cross-functional collaboration with design, environmental health and safety, product, and service.

About the company

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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, Texas

Founded

2003

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What believers are saying

  • Sales are growing again: revenue rose 26% to $28.2 billion in the June 2026 quarter, after falling 3% in 2025.
  • Software adds income beyond cars: paid users of its supervised self-driving feature rose 56% to 1.48 million by June 2026.
  • Hiring is back: Tesla's headcount grew 7% to 134,785 by December 2025, after layoffs shrank it 11% in 2024.

What critics are saying

  • Growth isn't reaching profit: operating profit fell 57% to $398 million in the June 2026 quarter, a 1.4% margin.
  • Alphabet's Waymo is far ahead in robotaxis: Texas records in May 2026 listed 577 Waymo vehicles to Tesla's 42.
  • Stock grants have lost value: Tesla shares fell 17% in 2026 through October 8, after a December 2025 record.

What makes Tesla unique

  • Energy storage punches above its weight: Tesla's energy unit made 13% of 2025 sales but 22% of gross profit.
  • Tesla set the charging standard: Ford, GM and all major EV sellers in North America adopted its plug by 2024.
  • Robots are written into Musk's pay: his 2025 award sets goals of 1 million humanoid robots and 1 million robotaxis.

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