Technical Artist, Simulation, Self-Driving
Description For Technical Artist, Simulation, Self-Driving
Tesla's Autopilot team is seeking a Technical Artist specializing in Simulation for their Self-Driving technology division. This role combines artistic creativity with technical expertise to develop photorealistic, procedural environments that test and improve Tesla's Full Self Driving capabilities. You'll be instrumental in creating virtual worlds that train neural networks by simulating real-world driving conditions.
Working at Tesla means joining a leader in electric vehicles and autonomous driving technology. The position offers a competitive salary range of $96,000 to $240,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) matching, and stock purchase options. The role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, putting you at the heart of automotive innovation.
As a Technical Artist, you'll collaborate with a diverse team of artists, technical artists, and simulation engineers to expand the coverage of Tesla's virtual world. Your work will directly impact the safety and effectiveness of Tesla's self-driving technology by creating realistic simulations that help train and validate the autonomous driving systems.
The ideal candidate brings a unique blend of artistic vision and technical proficiency, with expertise in tools like Houdini, Maya, Python, and C++. You'll need strong analytical skills, experience with ML/neural networks, and the ability to work with complex data sources to create accurate and scalable virtual environments. This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of autonomous driving while working with cutting-edge technology at one of the world's most innovative companies.
Responsibilities For Technical Artist, Simulation, Self-Driving
- Create large, detailed road networks and associated assets in a procedural manner using Houdini, Maya and in-house tools
- Utilize proprietary fleet data sources, neural network outputs and 3rd party spatial data
- Provide realistic environments and assets based on data requirements and Full Self Driving product direction
- Improve and automate asset creation workflows with AP Simulation team
Requirements For Technical Artist, Simulation, Self-Driving
- Portfolio and/or code examples demonstrating large-scale generation of procedural environments
- Excellent knowledge of Houdini, Python and Vex
- Extensive experience with automated 3D production pipelines and CI
- Understanding of high performance assets in relation to ray traced rendering
- Solid analytical & spatial math skills
- Experience with Git, GitHub Automation, Linux and Docker
- Proficiency with C++ and game/simulation engine programming
- Understanding of vision-based ML and experience with NN training
Benefits For Technical Artist, Simulation, Self-Driving
- Medical plans with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental and vision plans
- Company Paid HSA Contribution
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- LGBTQ+ care concierge services
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time
- Back-up childcare and parenting support
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
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