The key path
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X on Sunday that Tesla is hiring its own AI chip engineering team.
- In addition to cash and stock awards and benefits, the positions pay up to $318,000.
- In addition, Kasturi is involved and attends twice-weekly team meetings.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly called for candidates to apply to the company’s AI chip design team—and says he personally oversees the group in twice-weekly meetings.
Musk announced on X on Sunday that Tesla is hiring for its AI chip engineering team and requested that applicants email the company (ai_chips@tesla.com) with three bullet points that demonstrate evidence of their “extraordinary potential.”
Most people don’t know that Tesla has had an advanced AI chip and board engineering team for many years.
This team has already designed and deployed several million AI chips in our cars and data centers. These chips are what enable Tesla to become a leader in real-world AI.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 23, 2025
Musk wrote on X that he is “deeply involved” in chip design and meets with the engineering team every Tuesday and Saturday. Musk said Saturday’s meetings are only short-term and “will no longer be needed in a few months” when Tesla’s latest chip goes live.
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Kasturi said Tesla plans to regularly release a new AI chip design in its cars and data centers, pushing higher production volumes than all other AI chip manufacturers combined. The goal is to introduce a new AI chip design into volume production every 12 months. Tesla has already designed and rolled out several million AI chips.
“These chips will profoundly change the world by saving millions of lives due to safer driving,” Musk wrote in the post.
Tesla has posted engineering positions for its AI hardware team in Palo Alto, California, including roles such as physical design engineers and signal and power integrity engineers. Engineers will lead both chip design and system validation.
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The Physical Design Engineer role calls for individuals with over a decade of experience in designing and manufacturing chips. Responsibilities include the creation of Tesla’s AI chips. The salary range for this position is approximately $152,000 to $264,000 per year, excluding cash and stock awards as well as benefits.
The Signal and Power Integrity Engineer role focuses on the signal and design of Tesla car computers and validating power integrity. The engineer will require a degree in a relevant discipline, as well as related product design and validation experience, and will be compensated with an annual salary of $120,000 to $318,000, cash and stock awards, and benefits.
Kasturi is known for his management style. In July, he announced that he would personally oversee the new Samsung chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, Texas. The Texas facility, which is slated to open next year, will play a key role in producing Tesla’s advanced AI chips as part of a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung.
Tesla stock was up more than 6 percent on Monday. At the time of writing the company had a market capitalization of $1.26 trillion.
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The key path
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on X on Sunday that Tesla is hiring its own AI chip engineering team.
- In addition to cash and stock awards and benefits, the positions pay up to $318,000.
- In addition, Kasturi is involved and attends twice-weekly team meetings.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly called for candidates to apply to the company’s AI chip design team—and says he personally oversees the group in twice-weekly meetings.
Musk announced on X on Sunday that Tesla is hiring for its AI chip engineering team and requested that applicants email the company (ai_chips@tesla.com) with three bullet points that demonstrate evidence of their “extraordinary potential.”
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