About the position
As a Software Engineer within the Autonomy group, you will have the opportunity to apply your technical skills to a variety of system components & foundational code targeting higher performance of the Tesla Bot. The nature of the role means that the code you will write, debug, and maintain will almost always connect with a variety of other components. You will be building robust code foundations for the autonomy teams to write their applications on top of and evangelize best software practices for the better of Optimus. You will be developing system tools to benchmark, characterize and optimize the latency and throughput of the autonomy workloads on the Optimus. You will write tests and integrate with our evaluation pipeline to ensure the system and functional stability of our stack.
Responsibilities
- Write, debug and maintain robust C/C++ software to the entire Optimus software stack.
- Work on code related to high-frame rate Camera & Vision stack, write GPU kernels, design and implement low memory footprint image compression libraries, implement high-performance inter-process communication data buffers, improve/extend image & raw data logging/telemetry code, or make evaluation/replay software more stable and performant.
- Optimize hardware resources usage, leverage custom hardware components where appropriate.
- Advocate for best coding practices amongst the group, build tools helping engineers to write better code (for instance, performance/memory tracking).
- Generalize software frameworks when necessary while keeping in mind that too much abstraction can sometimes become a bottleneck.
Requirements
- Experience programming C/C++ software, including modern C/C++ (C++14/17/20).
- Experience or familiarity with Computer Vision, Machine Learning & related software concepts a plus.
- Experience with performant software design, object-oriented C++, compiler design and/or hardcore lower-level C code.
- Proficient developing software on a Linux host, for embedded Linux targets (cross-compilation, etc.) a plus.
- Experience with at least one of the following preferred: imaging software, Cuda/OpenCL, SIMD, multithreading, Linux system software (posix etc.), & computer vision.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or proof of exceptional skills in related fields with practical software engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- 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
