Sr. Software Engineer, Cell Software

What To Expect

Tesla is re-thinking how batteries are made from the ground up. We're designing new factories, new equipment, new processes, and new software to rapidly scale battery manufacturing, globally. The primary bottleneck to Tesla's future expansion (and the transition to sustainable transport and energy storage) is our ability to produce and procure batteries - that's why we're innovating in-house, with our collection of world-class engineers, to redefine the industry. Software, data, and automation all play a huge part in this strategy.

We've built software from scratch with a nimble and high performing team to meet the specific needs of Tesla's rapid battery manufacturing scale up. This software tracks every component of the cell manufacturing process and acts as the brain of the entire cell factory. It's key to ensuring batteries are made safely and for understanding how to improve processes. This platform is the conduit for data coming from the line, and it is part of the goal to have more data about manufacturing, end to end, than any other company.

The Cell Software team is responsible for building software solutions that allow the company to redefine manufacturing and production. We focus on implementing effective software advances, distributed fault-tolerant computing, and modern user- experience to manufacturing systems throughout Tesla. Our stack is built on top of Kubernetes, Kafka, React, Go, PostgreSQL and other related platforms. We are not stuck in legacy systems.

We're looking for an experienced, senior-level developer to own the architecture and lead development of large sections of our in-house Manufacturing Execution application, which interacts with PLCs and other equipment on the line (thousands of devices) to collect, analyze and direct manufacturing processes. You will work directly both with end customers of the software and with leadership to fully understand the problem space and design our next generation of systems to allow us to continue to grow to the massive scale at which Tesla plans to manufacture batteries. An ideal candidate has experience with high data throughput applications and growing architectures/designs from medium to large scale.

What You'll Do

• Own and define the architecture for large portions of the software for our battery factories, designing fault-tolerant, distributed, and adaptive systems
• Solve world-first computing problems at scale that allow us to do more with our huge set of data
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams within Cell Software
• Write backend code that unlocks new features for Engineers and Associates across the manufacturing domain
• Write code that is reliable, well tested and which directly impacts Tesla's bottom line
• Interface with Controls Engineers, Operators and other Engineers to build the most effective automation systems and solutions. This includes getting immersed in defining and implementing automation system processes flows
• Build tools, test-automation and documentation
• Respond to and handle manufacturing process change requests promptly
  
  

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• 4 years of experience building backend systems
• Demonstrated experience scaling systems to large data volumes and throughput
• Understanding of algorithms, data structures, concurrency, distributed systems and eventual consistency
• Proficiency in Go, Java, C, C C# or other backend language
• Demonstrated experience building solid, testable, and maintainable clean code
• Proficiency working in a high-impact, responsive, and collaborative team environment
  
  

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:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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 $120,000 - $210,000/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.