Tesla is hiring a slew of seasonal employees to drive its cars this summer.
The electric-car company said it's looking for people to capture"high quality data that will contribute to the improvement of our vehicles performance" for a three-month stint, according to a series of on its careers website that have gone up over the past two weeks. The position includes day and nighttime shifts.for test drivers in the past. Though, the wave of new job listings could indicate the EV company is looking to rely more on internal testing rather than data from Tesla owners, which it has relied on to help test software, including its beta Full Self-Driving program, in realtime.
Tesla uses some test drivers to improve is Autopilot driver-assist feature and beta Full Self-Driving software. Test drivers for the company typically drive Teslas that have been outfitted with a series of sensors, John Bernal, a former test driver for the automaker, previously told Insider. The drivers often repeatedly enact scenarios that could confuse Tesla's Full Self-Driving software, like left-hand turns or unusual intersections, Bernal said.
Tesla has roles listed in over a dozen cities, including Austin, Texas, Denver, Colorado, and Brooklyn, New York.