Staff Software Development Engineer, IT Infrastructure Engineering

What to Expect

The IT Manufacturing Solutions Engineering team deploys high-impact systems across Tesla’s manufacturing, logistics, and operations sites. This role participates in two main software stacks: private 5G eSIM profile management services and an in-house SI (Super Intelligence) agent for managing mission critical private 5G cellular use-cases. You will have exposure to all programs including Optimus, Vehicle, and Manufacturing.

At the core of the job there is an SI agent platform you will help build: an orchestrator on Tesla’s agentic stack, connected to internal tools and data sources, that can answer questions, audit configurations, troubleshoot issues, and propose fixes with a human in the loop. You will also improve our existing web app and backend services, including self-service onboarding, alerting/notifications.

What You'll Do* Own the agent platform end to end: architecture, implementation, evaluation, and rollout on Tesla’s agent stack, starting from the existing prototype and taking it to something our team and field engineers use in their daily work

• Connect the orchestrator to internal systems through tools and MCP-style integrations (fleet management, logs and telemetry, ticketing, and NOC workflows) and add new data sources as our customers’ needs grow
• Design human-in-the-loop actions: the agent investigates, explains, and proposes a change; a user approves before anything is applied. Build the audit trail, guardrails, and failure handling that this requires. When sources disagree, the agent asks the user rather than guessing
• Build automations that eliminate manual work around our IT Infra workflows. Your work will cut down on commissioning time, helping us build factories faster
• Sustain the existing web app for fleet visibility, health of applications on the connectivity layer, and onboarding, in partnership with the team: ship the capabilities operators need, keep the system reliable, and avoid turning every request into a one-off
• Support third party software deployments on Kubernetes for our on-prem fleet-management software (containers, Helm, cluster operations)
• Work directly with our team and field engineers as the first users. Turn their operational pain into product behavior, then iterate until the tool deletes the manual work
• Scale automated Private 5G eSIM management services across key sites. You will do software engineering work and own the entire lifecycle of eSIM including provisioning, monitoring and de-provisioning with an emphasis on security

What You'll Bring* At least 3-5 years of experience with bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent experience

• Hands-on experience building LLM agents that use tools (function calling, MCP, or equivalent): routing, context, evaluation, and making the system more reliable over time. This is the screen, must have examples running in production
• Strong Python, including services and APIs, and the ability to work in an existing agent template and production codebase
• Experience shipping production software that other people depend on: design, implementation, code review, testing, observability, and operating what you ship
• Good judgment around blast radius. You have thought about what happens when an automated system is wrong, and you default to propose-then-apply, audit logs, and fail-safe behavior rather than unsupervised writes
• Ability to work with non-software partners (network and control engineers, technicians, operators). You can turn complex operational workflows into software without needing a product manager to translate
• Comfortable sustaining a modern web stack (Python/TypeScript/React and APIs) as needed. Deep frontend specialization is not the job
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, or a clear ability to get there quickly, since this software runs in that environment
• Familiar with latest SI tools and workflows for software development
• Modern MCP/SI Agent Security, including OBO authentication and authorization

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 coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.