What to Expect

Join the Tesla AI team to help shape one of the most advanced and widely deployed AI systems in the world. As a key contributor, you will drive innovation in world model and Physical AI development, tackling challenges related to 3D perception and neural simulation.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop 3D foundation models and world models leveraging fleet data.

• Design and develop automated data-generation pipelines that create high-quality ground-truth data for real-world perception problems.

• Deploy and scale your work across millions of autonomous cars and bots worldwide.

• Collaborate closely with a high-caliber team dedicated to realizing full autonomy.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven ability to rapidly prototype and optimize algorithms.

• Proficiency in writing production-quality code in Python.

• Proficiency in C++ is desirable.

• Solid understanding of deep learning, linear algebra, geometry, and probabilistic theory, with hands-on implementation experience.

• Expertise in key areas of computer vision and robotics, such as feedforward 3D perception and modeling, neural rendering, autoregressive models, video generation, and multimodal generation.

• Practical experience with PyTorch.

• Familiarity with deploying neural network models is an advantage.

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

Along with competitive pay, full-time Tesla employees are eligible for the following benefits starting on day one of hire:

• Medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction.

• Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits.

• Dental, including orthodontic coverage, and vision plans, both with options for a $0 paycheck contribution.

• Company-paid Health Savings Account (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 and AD&D insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance, subject to a 90-day waiting period.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Sick and vacation time, including flex time for salaried positions and accrued hours for hourly positions, as well as paid holidays.

• Backup childcare and parenting support resources.

• Voluntary benefits, including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft and legal services, and pet insurance.

• Weight loss and tobacco cessation programs.

• Tesla Babies program.

• Commuter benefits.

• Employee discounts and perks program.

Expected Compensation

$176,000–$420,000 annual salary, plus cash and stock awards and 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 depending on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.