A job descriptions posted on Tesla’s website suggests the company aims to build a team focused on video games.
The company is filling its Austin team with a Video Game and Infotainment engineer. The job description describes the role as an “incredibly rare opportunity to help build a video games platform.”
“You will be expected to contribute to many different areas to make projects happen, that may range from kernel level code changes, to in game behavior, to helping developers work with our platform,” the description says. “You will be responsible for the look and feel of the play experience, architecture, and whatever else is needed to create fun.”
The post says Tesla the project is “uncharted territory” and they aim to “set the bar for what video games in a car can be.”
Tesla’s infotainment is an industry leader, already offering video games and streaming video. The focus on entertainment makes sense, as Tesla owners have a bit of downtown during charger visits, and eventually when the company and regulators bring full self-driving to roadways.