Forward Deployed Engineer, Energy, Megapack

About the role

• Forward Deployed Engineer, Energy, Megapack | Tesla (Manufacturing)
• Location: Brookshire, Texas | Req ID: 281088 | Job Type: Full-time
• What to Expect

Tesla Energy is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to build the software and SI that turns manufacturing problems into working systems across Megafactories, cell production, and Powerwall sites. You will own the path from a live production issue to shipped software: diagnose the problem, write the code, integrate it with factory systems, and make it stick.

What You'll Do

• Design, write, and ship production software: Python services, TypeScript/React tools, APIs, and data pipelines that connect cloud systems to on-site factory systems
• Build data pipelines that deliver accurate line KPI data — yield, defects, output, work in process, and test performance — for faster retrieval and analysis, integrated seamlessly with production systems
• Replace manual reporting with something the area can run on its own. Assist factories in adopting SI agents so teams spend less time pulling data and building reports, and more time acting on the process issues that affect output and quality
• Build production-ready tools. Take an unclear question from the floor to a deployed workflow: services that query factory data, separate noise from the station that needs action, and drive a clear next step — what changed, where, and what to do —instead of a summary alone. Then harden access, speed, logging, and uptime
• Own the path from prototype to production: Git, code review, tests, CI/CD, containers, and rollback
• Partner with supervisors, line leads, process engineers, and site IT to translate production problems into production-grade software
• Integrate SI and factory software into live systems: APIs, access control, data connections, and logging. Operate Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD across cloud and on-site systems
• Debug across systems you did not build — agents, APIs, data feeds, control systems, and network boundaries — when the line is waiting
• Spend time on the line to validate the solution; build and productize at the desk
• Turn one site's working solution into a reusable playbook, and feed what you learn back to the product team

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years writing and shipping production software (not coursework, certs, or tutorials)
• Strong fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, systems design, debugging, and testing
• Full-stack fluency: Python on the backend; TypeScript/JavaScript on the frontend; REST APIs; SQL; Git
• A portfolio of deployed production work — GitHub, internal tools, or shipped products
• Experience operating what you build: Docker, CI/CD, and at least one of Kubernetes, Terraform, or a major cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Hands-on LLM/agent systems in production (auth, latency, evals, uptime)
• Comfort going from an unclear production problem to working software

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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)