Staff Software Engineer, Quality Engineering, Energy

What to Expect

Tesla's Energy organization is scaling the future of sustainable power with Megapack, our utility-scale battery storage product built at Megafactory in Texas. The Quality Engineering team is standing up the next generation of real-time quality systems that detect, act on, and prevent defects the moment they occur on the production line. In this role, you will spearhead the software development that powers real-time quality at Megafactory — architecting event-driven data streams, real-time action engines, and the platforms that turn manufacturing and test data into immediate quality decisions. This is a pivotal, ground-floor role: you will lay the software foundation, patterns, and standards that future system teams will scale across Tesla Energy's growing global footprint.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and operate event-driven data streaming pipelines that ingest high-volume manufacturing, equipment, and test data in real time
• Develop real-time action systems that trigger automated quality actions
• Work with data engineers to architect scalable services and data stores to capture, process, and serve quality data with low latency and high reliability
• Deploy and manage containerized microservices on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, observability, and horizontal scalability of quality-critical systems
• Own the full software development lifecycle with robust CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and design documentation
• Prepare and present system designs for Architecture Review Board approval, ensuring solutions meet Tesla's standards for security, scalability, and maintainability before production rollout
• Partner with quality, manufacturing, controls, and data engineers to translate quality requirements into production-grade real-time software
• Establish reusable frameworks, coding standards, and architectural patterns that enable future system teams to scale real-time quality software across Tesla Energy

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including delivering production-grade real-time or event-driven systems
• Expert proficiency in Python for building reliable, scalable back-end services and APIs
• Hands-on experience with data event streaming technologies such as Kafka (or equivalent) for real-time pipelines
• Strong database skills across SQL and NoSQL (e.g., MySQL, Microsoft SQL, ClickHouse)
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration and deployment
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and DevOps practices (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
• Experience presenting architecture and design proposals for review board approval and driving technical decisions across cross-functional teams
• Strong ownership, clear communication, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact manufacturing 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:

• 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.