Location: Palo Alto, CA
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
**What To Expect** Tesla AI is solving robust, real-world AI through humanoid robots. As a Software Engineer within our robotics teams, you will contribute to one of the most advanced Robotics/AI Platforms in the world. You’ll be responsible for integrating machine learning models with real-time systems, working across the software stack to ensure seamless communication between neural networks and hardware components. **What You'll Do**- Integrate ML models into embedded or robotic systems with tight latency and performance constraints - Write Python scripts/tools for training, evaluation, and deployment pipelines - Collaborate with machine learning researchers to bring models from prototype to production - Optimize runtime performance of neural networks on various compute environments (e.g., GPU, CPU, edge accelerators) - Work with sensors and actuators - Develop messaging frameworks (e.g., ROS, ZeroMQ, gRPC) - Design and implement efficient, robust C++ systems for real-time ML inference and control and for the humanoid robot software stack **What You'll Bring**- Strong programming experience in Python and practival experience programming in C/C++ software - Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals (e.g., supervised learning, neural networks, model evaluation) - Experience with model inference, deployment, and optimization - Experience with embedded systems software design concepts - Experience with communication standards such as CAN, ethercat and ethernet - Proficient developing software on a Linux host, for embedded Linux targets (cross-compilation, etc.) is a plus - Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills **Benefits** **Compensation and Benefits** Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire: - Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction - Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits - Dental (including orthodontic cove