Telemetry Engineer, Optimus

Description:
As a Telemetry Engineer on the Optimus team, you will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on fleet-wide performance metrics, uptime, and serviceability across our humanoid robot platform. You'll develop and integrate processes, tools, and automation pipelines to monitor and ensure optimal performance of robots in the field — turning raw telemetry into actionable engineering decisions.
This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, reliability engineering, and robotics. You'll lead technical discussions on fleet health and analytics, collaborating with hardware, firmware, manufacturing, and service teams to drive measurable improvements in uptime and reliability. An ideal candidate combines strong data fundamentals (SQL, Python, large-scale analytics) with a self-starter mentality and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving, high-ambiguity environment.

Responsibilities:
Perform detailed reviews of fleet performance, identifying common failure modes, sources of downtime, and reliability trends across the robot fleet

Develop and execute cross-team strategies to resolve recurring issues and improve fleet reliability, serviceability, and uptime

Use SQL and Python to extract, organize, and analyze telemetry from a variety of sources, surfacing actionable insights on fleet performance and failure trends

Build and maintain reporting systems — dashboards, automated reports, and executive-ready presentations — that communicate robot performance and operational trends clearly

Partner with engineering and operations teams to design tools and pipelines that scale fleet analytics as the robot population grows

Correlate field telemetry with manufacturing test data, HIL testing results, and firmware releases to identify root causes and validate fixes

Participate in an on-call rotation to triage critical fleet incidents as needed

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent demonstrated skills

2+ years of experience in data engineering, telemetry, reliability, or fleet analytics (or equivalent)

Strong proficiency in Python (Pandas, NumPy) and SQL (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, or similar)

Experience working with large-scale datasets and building reproducible analysis pipelines

Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to translate complex findings into executive-ready summaries

Self-starter mentality with a proven track record of identifying problems and driving them to resolution in ambiguous environments

Compensation & 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
$120,000 - $252,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.