Machine Learning Engineer, Energy Hardware Engineering

What to Expect

The Tesla Energy Products Field Quality team is looking for a passionate and collaborative Machine Learning Engineer to bridge large-scale fleet data to system-based modeling & analytical efforts across the Tesla Energy portfolio: Industrial, Residential, Supercharger, and Solar.

You will work across the systems engineering ecosystem - building the shared data and AI/ML foundations that system teams depend on. Where our first-principles models tell us how a system should behave, you will help quantify how the fleet actually behaves, and turn that signal into better models, faster investigations, and earlier detection of issues in the field. You will help establish a unified fleet data layer and a consistent ML standard that systems teams can build on.

What You'll Do

Develop ML and statistical methods that improve how we understand fleet behavior - from augmenting first-principles system models to detecting anomalies and emerging failure trends across energy products

Help build a unified fleet data layer and ingestion foundation that system teams can consume

Model the gap between expected and observed fleet behavior and turn it into actionable signal for systems teams

Quantify uncertainty so teams across the ecosystem can reason about risk with statistical rigor

Establish a consistent AI/ML and data standard - training, evaluation, validation, and tooling - applied cohesively across systems engineering teams

Partner across disciplines so knowledge, methods, and integrations evolve through multi-disciplinary feedback and a shared source of fleet truth

What You'll Bring

Strong quantitative foundation - physics, applied math, or a related engineering discipline - with the ability to reason about physical systems from first principles

Strong ML fundamentals: model development, training, evaluation, and a real understanding of when and why models work

Experience with physics-informed or scientific ML (e.g., physics-informed neural networks, surrogate/data-driven modeling, differentiable simulation, system identification) - or a clear aptitude and excitement to work there

Strong Python in a scientific/ML setting (NumPy, pandas, PyTorch/JAX or similar; visualization tools as needed)

Experience with uncertainty quantification, probabilistic modeling & time-series analysis

Comfort working with large-scale data and the pipelines/tooling needed to make it model-ready (SQL, Spark, and similar)

Software fundamentals: version control (Git), and familiarity with CI/CD and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

A collaborative, first-principles mindset, and the drive to tackle fundamental, open-ended problems

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

Expected Compensation

$124,000 - $258,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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.