Software Engineer, Maps & Navigation Validation, Vehicle Software
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What to Expect Tesla rapidly ships software updates over the air to millions of vehicles on the road around the globe. As a member of the Maps and Navigation Validation team, you'll be responsible for ensuring that improvements and new features for our vehicles are thoroughly vetted, building confidence and assessing risks before signing off on each software release.
Join a team of top-notch Software Engineers and Test Engineers committed to continuously improving our vehicles' features and to holding the highest bar for the performance and reliability of our software systems. You will build automation & simulation tools and fleet telemetry pipelines to perform data-based assessments of the quality of our routes, turn-by-turn guidance, and map & traffic data across markets worldwide. You will collaborate across teams to ensure Tesla's navigation systems integrate seamlessly with our vehicles' maps UI, self-driving capabilities, and the supercharging network. The ideal candidate is a self-driven and hands-on problem solver, interested in utilizing a range of technologies and strategies to validate and ship features.
What You'll Do Become an expert on subsystems within the Maps and Navigation stack to perform validation reviews and risk assessments before releasing software to the fleet
Write and ship software to the vehicle and build automated systems in the backend to generate and analyze fleet data from the millions of Tesla vehicles worldwide
Define evaluation metrics, create visualizations and dashboards to support the monitoring and refinement of our navigation systems
Implement and improve internal tools to accelerate experimentation and debugging of features
Orchestrate and optimize tests, simulations, and analyses across distributed compute
Work cross-functionally to investigate and fix issues that you identify
What You'll Bring Strong proficiency with one of the following: Python, C/C++, Golang, or Java
Experience with Linux/Unix environments and system administration
Experience with CI/CD systems
Experience with large scale data processing and querying
Excellent critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills
A passion for troubleshooting failures to determine root causes
A passion for constantly improving code quality and system efficiency, testability, monitoring, & observability
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:
Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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 $111,200 - $433,680/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.
- Location:
- Palo Alto, CA, United States
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Computer And Mathematical Occupations