Manufacturing SCADA Engineer, Optimus

Tesla is standing up Optimus manufacturing at Optimus Factory Texas (OFTX) in Austin. This role owns the factory's data path: from the PLC to the operator, from a live machine to a decision. You will build Ignition SCADA and HMI that people can actually use under pressure, and design the real-time tag, alarm, and historian layer underneath it to stay fast and honest as the line scales. The bar, in order: reliability, performance, ease of use.

If those three conflict, reliability wins. This is an on-site role at OFTX. You will work on the floor with controls, manufacturing engineering, and operations as equipment lands and ramps. It is not a panel-design, robot-programming, or EPLAN role. You make sure the data reported is readily available, easy to understand, and broadcast to the right audiences. Design, build, and operate Ignition SCADA and HMI for Optimus manufacturing: line overview, equipment state, alarms, and operator workflows that stay simple when the line is not Own the tag architecture end to end — UDTs, naming, scan classes, deadbands, and scaling.

Structured, documented, reusable. The next cell should inherit a pattern, not start over Set and enforce the HMI design standard: screen hierarchy, navigation, layout grid, color and symbol conventions, and alarm presentation. High-performance HMI principles — color means something, and most of the screen is grey because of it Own HMI at both tiers — the local panel at the machine and the plant-level SCADA client. Same state names, same alarm text, same colors, same navigation logic.

An operator who walks from the cell to the line view should not have to translate Design alarm presentation that operators trust. Rationalize priorities, suppress the noise, and make the display answer “what do I do now” instead of “what happened”. An alarm that fires should mean someone moves Build screens that hold up on the floor: readable at distance, usable with gloves, legible under plant lighting, and fast on the panel hardware actually mounted at the station — not on your workstation Validate designs with the people who use them.

Watch an operator work a screen during a real fault before calling it donem and change the screen rather than the training material Build the engineering and management views as well as the operator ones: downtime pareto, OEE, throughput, process traces. Different audience, same discipline Strong database design and querying skills across relational, non-relational, and time-series databases. A trend over a year of data should open as fast as a trend over an hour.

Keep reads fast, keep writes honest, and do not paper over a bad contract with a view Write the queries behind every tag, UDT, screen, dashboard, and report. Named, parameterized, in version control, and reviewed like any other code Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or equivalent experience 3-5 years building and supporting industrial software in a manufacturing environment (SCADA, HMI, PLC, or plant data systems) Demonstrated PLC programming (Siemens TIA Portal preferred) with structured, maintainable code and clean interfaces to higher-level systems Hands-on Ignition, or a comparable industrial SCADA/HMI platform you have actually deployed (WinCC, FactoryTalk, iFIX).

Screenshots are not experience Production experience in Rust, or a systems language you have shipped (C, C++, or Go) and the discipline to write Rust as the service language. We care that you understand memory, concurrency, and failure Strong SQL: schema design, indexing, query performance. Time-series or historian experience is a plus Comfort on the shop floor: reading a live PLC, walking a line, talking to operators and technicians Able to work under competing deadlines without shipping fragile systems.

A smaller reliable surface beats a large one that lies Clear written and verbal communication. You will write for operators, controls engineers, and software peers Benefits Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire: Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (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)