Tesla is actively recruiting semiconductor engineers based in Taiwan for roles tied to its Terafab project, according to current job postings on the company's website. The listings total nine engineering positions and call for applicants with more than five years of experience working in advanced chipmaking processes.
In the descriptions, Terafab is portrayed as a "vertically integrated semiconductor factory" that will house multiple stages of semiconductor production under one roof, including logic and memory fabrication, packaging, test operations and the production of lithography masks.
The job notices indicate that several positions require hands-on experience with leading-edge manufacturing nodes below 7 nanometres and make reference to 2-nanometre-class technologies - capabilities where Taiwan's semiconductor sector has concentrated expertise. One opening also specifies familiarity with advanced packaging flows such as Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS) and System on Integrated Chips (SoIC), technologies associated with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
Open roles span a range of core front-end fabrication disciplines, naming lithography, etching, thin films and chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), as well as yield engineering and process integration. The listings say the planned factory will produce families of chips intended for edge-inference processing, space-hardened components for orbital satellites and high-bandwidth memory.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the postings.
The recruitment effort comes as firms racing to support artificial intelligence workloads seek to secure more advanced chipmaking capacity. The job ads reference capabilities that align with Taiwan's specialist workforce and the island's role as home to the largest contract chipmaker, TSMC.
When asked about Terafab, TSMC said on Thursday that it would not underestimate competitors but cautioned that there are "no shortcuts" in semiconductor manufacturing, noting that building a new fabrication plant typically requires two to three years.
Contextual note - The postings provide detail about the technical scope Tesla is recruiting for, but do not offer a production timeline or further specifics about the planned facility beyond the processes and chip families referenced in the job descriptions.