Tesla’s expanding its AI team in San Francisco with new job openings for positions like AI Safety Operator. The company’s actively hiring for both full-time and part-time roles to support its self-driving technology efforts. The positions fall under the Engineering & Information Technology category and show Tesla’s commitment to building its autonomous vehicle capabilities.
The AI Safety Operator role involves working with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology, known as FSD Supervised. Workers hired for these positions’ll manage shifts lasting six to eight hours daily. They’ll operate Tesla engineering vehicles while prioritizing passenger safety and comfort. The job supports Tesla’s Advanced Driver Assistance System and helps collect data for the company’s self-driving development.
AI Safety Operators manage six to eight-hour shifts operating Tesla engineering vehicles, prioritizing passenger safety while collecting autonomous driving data.
San Francisco serves as the hub for these hiring efforts. Tesla lists the specific location as San Francisco, CA 94132, with multiple job postings concentrated in the Bay Area. The company’s also hiring for related positions like Vehicle Operator, Autopilot roles in the same city. These jobs all connect to Tesla’s broader AI and robotics initiatives.
The full-time AI Safety Operator position carries the requisition ID 254621, while the part-time option uses ID 254826. Tesla’s also offering night shift positions for its Optimus robotics project in San Francisco. The company participates in the E-Verify program and follows equal opportunity employment practices, providing accommodations for employees with disabilities.
These hiring efforts connect to Tesla’s larger strategy of building a world-class AI dataset for autonomous driving. The company’s simultaneously recruiting AI engineers in Palo Alto, Reinforcement Learning engineers for self-driving systems, and Data Collection Supervisors in Austin. Each role supports different aspects of Tesla’s autonomous vehicle technology.
Tesla’s job postings reveal the company’s serious push into AI development. By hiring locally and focusing on data collection and vehicle operations, Tesla’s investing heavily in the infrastructure needed for advanced self-driving technology.
The expansion suggests the company’s preparing for increased testing and development of its autonomous systems in the coming months.