Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Senior Software Engineer - Industrial Energy Products

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timePalo Alto, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Engineering (Software, Electrical, Computer Systems, or a related field), or equivalent experience.
Five or more years building production software, with strong fundamentals in architecture, concurrency, and testing.
Proficiency in Go and/or Rust, with experience developing mission-critical applications on embedded Linux.
Comprehensive end-to-end understanding of networking, including tracing communications from the application layer through transport (TCP/IP, sockets) to the Ethernet/physical layer and reasoning about hardware implications.
Demonstrated experience debugging device-to-device communication on embedded Linux.
Experience integrating with industrial or utility protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, DNP3, SCADA, CAN), or demonstrated ability to quickly learn unfamiliar external protocols.
Experience building on-device/edge data collection and ingestion on resource-constrained systems, with reliable buffering and delivery to a backend over unreliable field networks.
Experience designing for redundancy, failover, and fault tolerance in distributed or field-deployed systems.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and own application-layer software in Go and Rust for the Industrial Energy Site Controller on embedded Linux, including settings management, telemetry, redundancy/failover, and external communications.
Own the edge/on-device telemetry software, including collecting, buffering, and reliably pushing field data to the Tesla cloud; the work covers the device side, not the cloud backend.
Integrate the Site Controller with external, non-Tesla systems by building edge proxy/bridge services, such as OPC UA ↔ CODESYS, that abstract third-party equipment behind a consistent interface.
Build redundancy and high availability into the site controller, including failover, data/telemetry integrity, and resilient communications paths.
Partner with engineers across Cloud/Backend, Validation/Test, Field/Deployment, and Kernel/OS teams to define integration test strategies and ship reliable software to deployed sites.
Debug complex issues across the full stack, from application logic through transport to underlying hardware, including live field deployments.

Category	Energy Engineering
Location	Palo Alto, California
Requisition ID	257969
Type	Full-time

Job Description

We are the team behind the software that run our fleet of Tesla's utility-scale battery energy storage sites. Our application — the Site Controller — runs at the edge on embedded Linux and orchestrates the devices on a site (batteries, power meters, and more), manages configuration and redundancy, integrates with external equipment, and reliably pushes field telemetry up to the Tesla cloud. Our software is written in Golang and Rust.We are seeking a talented, motivated and independent senior engineer to join the team and own meaningful pieces of that stack end-to-end, from designing system architecture through to debugging deployments The ideal candidate will be proficient in programming in Go or Rust, have a strong grasp of the end-to-end networking process, demonstrated experience debugging communications on embedded Linux, and an eagerness to keep learning in an ever-evolving environment.

Job Responsibilities

Design, build, and own application-layer software (Go and Rust) for the Industrial Energy Site Controller on embedded Linux — settings management, telemetry, redundancy/failover, and external communications
Own the edge/on-device telemetry software — collecting, buffering, and reliably pushing field data up to the Tesla cloud (we build the device side, not the cloud backend)
Integrate the Site Controller with external, non-Tesla systems, building edge proxy/bridge services (e.g. OPC UA ↔ CODESYS) that abstract third-party equipment behind a consistent interface
Build redundancy and high-availability into the site controller — failover, data/telemetry integrity, and resilient comms paths
Partner with engineers across the Cloud/Backend, Validation/Test, Field/Deployment, and Kernel/OS teams to define integration test strategies and ship reliable software to deployed sites
Debug complex issues across the full stack — from application logic down through transport to the underlying hardware, including live field deployments

Job Requirements

Degree in Engineering (Software, Electrical, Computer Systems, or a related field), or equivalent experience
5+ years building production software; strong fundamentals in architecture, concurrency, and testing
Proficiency in Go and/or Rust; with experience developing mission-critical applications on embedded Linux
Comprehensive, end-to-end understanding of networking: ability to trace a conversation between two devices from the application layer down through transport (TCP/IP, sockets) to the Ethernet/physical layer, and reason about the hardware implications at each step
Demonstrated experience debugging device-to-device communication on embedded Linux
Experience integrating with industrial/utility protocols (OPC UA, Modbus, DNP3, SCADA, CAN) — or a demonstrated ability to pick up unfamiliar external protocols quickly
Experience building on-device/edge data collection and ingestion on resource-constrained systems — reliable buffering and delivery to a backend over unreliable field networks
Experience designing for redundancy, failover, and fault tolerance in distributed or field-deployed systems

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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