Machine Learning Engineer, Battery Manufacturing Development

Tesla is lookingto hire a Machine Learning Engineerto contribute to thedevelopment of the data factory and manufacturing software services for our cutting-edge battery products. This position will help drive technological advancement by delivering data and software solutions to solvehigh-volumemanufacturing problems.Battery development isatthe heart of Tesla’s mission, and thisis an exciting opportunity toaddress thecentral challengesin scalingelectric vehiclemanufacturing while seeing thephysical impact of your work.Tesla is a demanding and fast-paced environment where you will work with a highly motivated team on extremely challenging projects. What You’ll Do

• Leverage large-scale manufacturing data systems to extract key improvement insights and facilitate engineering investigations

• Develop robust and scalable algorithms/ predictive models to improve manufacturing process and quality control capabilities

• Collaborate with Software Engineers and Controls Engineers to seamlessly integrate models, algorithms, and LLM-based workflows into production processes

• Develop and experiment with data acquisition and processing workflows to extract, clean, and store manufacturing process knowledge from structured and unstructured sources (e.g., logs, work instructions, failure reports) as high-quality context for RAG and LLM applications

• Build self-serve data tools to empower data-driven manufacturing

• Clearly convey analyses and findings for cross-functional stakeholders

• Strong experience with Python and SQL database queries

• Proficiency with large volume data preprocessing and data wrangling

• Strong mathematical/ statistical knowledge relevant to process control and monitoring

• Experience with data warehouse and data lake technologies such as Clickhouse, S3

• Experience with modern machine learning concepts and ML lifecycles

• Proficiency with data visualization techniques and tools using Tableau, R Shiny, Python Dash, Plotly, etc.

• Degree in quantitative fields such as Statistics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent experience

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