Tesla
Data Scientist, Battery Manufacturing Development, Optimus
Found: January 18, 2026
This role is based in Palo Alto, California.
Compensation:
$124,000 - $258,000/year + cash and stock awards + benefits
Responsibilities:
- Leverage large-scale manufacturing data systems to extract key improvement insights.
- Develop robust algorithms and predictive models for manufacturing process improvement.
- Build self-serve data tools for data-driven manufacturing.
- Collaborate with engineers to integrate models into production processes.
- Experiment with data acquisition and processing approaches.
- Convey analyses and findings to stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Strong experience with Python and SQL.
- Proficiency in data preprocessing and wrangling.
- Knowledge of process control and monitoring.
- Experience with data warehouse technologies like Clickhouse, S3.
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts.
- Proficient in data visualization tools such as Tableau and Plotly.
- Degree in Statistics, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, or equivalent experience.