Tesla Hiring Staff Engineer to Drive Optimus Robot Hand Production
Scobleizer · x · 2026-08-07
Tesla is actively hiring a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to lead the production process for the Optimus robot hands, one of the bot's most complex components. This targeted hiring signals an aggressive transition of the Optimus project from concept to commercial manufacturing.
Tech influencer Robert Scoble reshared the news with a humorous take, referencing a Stanford professor nicknamed "Mr. Hands" who works with mechanical hands, joking that he could never do this job.
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