Robotics Audio Integration Engineer, Optimus
Tesla Palo Alto, CA Full-time 3/31/2026 $124,000 - $216,000 a year
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
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•FY 2025Job Description
Tesla's Robotics team is seeking an Audio Engineer with over 5 years of experience in designing and validating audio solutions for robotics. The role involves ensuring high-quality audio systems, validating features that enhance AI perception, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative audio solutions.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability
- Experience with programming languages such as MATLAB or Python for algorithm development, simulation, and data analysis
- Solid acoustics intuition, understanding audio quality & evaluation, including objective and subjective methods
- Good understanding of applied acoustics, digital signal processing, and acoustic measurements and analysis
- Experience in audio system development, including tuning, hardware integration, and verification
- Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to devise creative solutions to complicated problems
- Positive team player who can work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment with cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage difficult projects with tight timing constraints and prioritize tasks based on demand
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Responsibilities
- Characterization and calibration of microphone arrays, evaluation of different mic array manifold optimized for robotics mobility
- Provide early feedback on algorithm performance and enable data driven decisions to enhance audio experience on Tesla Bot with natural language processing
- Conduct hands-on testing and tuning of audio algorithms and systems to ensure performance and quality in dynamic robotic scenarios including NVH
- Drive data collection, automation, debugging and functional verification
- Host cross-functional sensor design discussions with electrical, software, manufacturing and AI teams
- Set up audio test equipment and define an integration test plan for audio hardware and software features during design and deployment
- Design system validation test and calibration methods for End-of-Line
- Implement SW alerts and dashboard for performance metrics across fleet
- Bring up Hardware-in-Loop and software regression test framework for validation of SW features
Benefits
- Employees at Tesla are often offered day-one coverage with multiple medical options (some at $0 paycheck cost), dental/vision, company HSA contributions, a 401(k) match, and equity programs. Most roles also include paid time off and holidays, family-building support, employee assistance, commuter and childcare benefits, and access to discounts and wellness programs.
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