This engineering role on the Optimus team focuses on monitoring and reporting fleet-wide performance metrics, uptime, and serviceability for the company's humanoid robot platform. It involves developing and integrating processes, tools, and automation pipelines to ensure optimal robot performance in the field, transforming raw telemetry into actionable engineering decisions. The position combines data engineering, reliability engineering, and robotics, leading technical discussions on fleet health and analytics while collaborating with various teams to improve uptime and reliability.
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, including dashboards, automated reports, and executive-ready presentations, that clearly communicate robot performance and operational trends
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, or equivalent experience
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
Benefits
Medical plans with options for $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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
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401(k) with employer match
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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)
About the Company
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