Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Forward Deployed Engineer - Robotics Fleet Software

Backend EngineeringUpdated on Nov 8

Full-timeFremont, CA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 3 years of experience in a robotics or automation integration role, including deploying fleet management or robot control software, triaging production incidents, and driving resolutions across software, networking, and hardware layers.
Experience with project management, deployment coordination, or program execution, and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
Experience with backend technologies including Go, C or C++, and SQL, and DevOps tooling including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and continuous integration and continuous delivery.
Availability for rotating after-hours incident response, including nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

Represent factory operations in the development and deployment of robotics applications, ensuring product capabilities meet operational requirements and reporting key performance indicators to leadership and engineering teams.
Provide hands-on production-system support by 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, 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 and corrective actions.
Document troubleshooting procedures, provide user training, and mentor local engineers and technicians on software usage and best practices.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with messaging systems such as NATS or Kafka, or API frameworks such as GraphQL or gRPC.
Experience in robotics, industrial automation, or fleet management systems.

Category	Engineering & Information Technology
Location	Fremont, California
Requisition ID	268131
Type	Full-time

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibilities

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

Job Requirements

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

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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