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Tesla’s Optimus Inches Closer to Reality: Proto Production Supervisor Job Opening Reveals Key Details

ByAlki David

Oct 12, 2023

In a significant development, Tesla has recently posted a job opening for a Proto Production Supervisor, signaling steady progress towards bringing Optimus, the humanoid robot, to life within Tesla’s factories. This move sheds light on the company’s commitment to advancing the development of its revolutionary Tesla bot.

The Proto Production Supervisor role involves managing and executing the production line for Optimus’s actuator prototype. The chosen candidate will collaborate closely with Tesla’s manufacturing and design engineering teams, playing a pivotal role in offering direct feedback on the assembly and design of the actuators crucial for the functionality of the Tesla bot.

Tesla Bot Journal on X has provided additional insights into the responsibilities associated with the Proto Production Supervisor position. According to the journal, the production of prototypes is expected to entail a low-volume line, with a significant portion of the assembly carried out manually. The objective is to iterate through multiple designs for each actuator type, refining them through both laboratory and real-world testing.

Elon Musk, during the Q2 2023 earnings call, shared his optimistic outlook on the timeline for Optimus. Musk forecasted that the first Optimus, equipped with Tesla-designed or production candidate actuators, could be integrated and operational by November.

“The first Optimus that will have all of the Tesla-designed actuators, sort of production candidate actuators, integrated and working should be around November-ish,” Musk stated. He further outlined the subsequent steps, mentioning, “And then, we’ll start ramping up after that. You know, in terms of when will it be able to do some useful things, like, we’ll first be trying this out in our own factories and just proving out its utility. I think we’ll be able to have it do something useful in our factories sometime next year.”

This development not only underscores Tesla’s commitment to technological innovation but also raises anticipation about the imminent integration of Optimus into practical applications. As the company takes strides toward making Optimus a reality, it is poised to reshape the landscape of robotics and automation.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.