Research Scientist, AI Foundations

1 day ago


Palo Alto, California, United States Tesla Full time
Job Summary

Tesla is seeking a highly skilled software engineer to develop cutting-edge AI models for our autonomous driving and humanoid robots. As a member of our small team of world-class deep learning experts, you will work on advancing foundation models and pushing the boundaries of AI research and development.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead applied research to advance foundation models for autonomous driving and humanoid robots
  • Work across the machine learning stack, including data curation, neural network design, model training, and evaluation
  • Collaborate with a talented team on large multimodal models, multi-task learning, video networks, generative models, imitation learning, semi-supervised learning, and self-supervised learning
  • Deploy foundation models to millions of Tesla's robotic platforms worldwide
Requirements
  • Proven track record of innovations and executions in deep learning, demonstrated through shipping products or first-author publications at leading AI conferences
  • Strong software engineering skills, with a focus on implementation quality and engineering ability
  • Demonstrated excellence in solving difficult software engineering problems
  • Under the hood knowledge of deep learning, including layer details, loss functions, and optimization
  • Experience with PyTorch or another major deep learning framework
  • Experience working with large datasets
Benefits
  • Competitive pay
  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental and vision plans
  • Company-paid HSA contribution
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • LGBTQ+ care concierge services
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plans
  • Company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program
Expected Compensation

$116,000 - $360,000/annual salary, depending on level + cash and stock awards + benefits



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