Tesla · 3 months ago
Sr. Data Engineer, Energy, AI,ML
Palo Alto, California
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$108K/yr - $240K/yrTesla is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative engineer to join their team to drive the development of agentic AI supporting their energy business. The role involves designing and developing solutions that optimize business performance and product health across various energy products.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleEnergyManufacturingRenewable EnergyTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop and implement AI based products using LLMs to create next generation automation tools that can be leveraged by both internal and external teams
Develop and test quick prototypes to validate concepts, create beta launches, collect feedback and iterate on optimal solutions before scaling up
Proactively identify and drive optimization and improvements to the product and fine tune backend APIs to scale to product demands
Drive adoption of large language model solutions, machine learning algorithms for optimizing how we make sense of telemetry and internal fleet data
Research and incorporate emerging language model updates, infrastructures, tools, and technologies, especially pertaining to agentic AI
Help shape the product roadmap, scaling strategy in partnership with engineering and forward deployed resources
Qualification
Required
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience
Have built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behavior affects product experience
Build robust, scalable, and reliable infrastructure to support the deployment and operation of AI agents at scale
Experience building or scaling AI-powered platforms and agent-based systems
Deep knowledge of transformer-based LLMs, tokenization, embeddings, context management, and prompt engineering
Familiarity with LangChain for building LLM-powered applications, including experience with chains, agents, and integrations with vector stores or external tools
Proven ability to evaluate, fine-tune, and optimize LLMs for downstream tasks
Demonstrable ability to solve complex engineering problems that deliver on results
Benefits
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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
Societe GeneraleEuropean UnionPennDOT
2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
2023-08-15Grant· $0.23M
Leadership Team
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
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