Consider before applying:

This position is expected to start around January and continue through April/May. Internships are in-person for 40 hours a week for a minimum of 12 weeks.

International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week. Many students will be limited to part-time depending on their academic standing.

Internship Programs at Tesla

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions that they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by giving them ownership over projects that are critical to their team’s success.

About the Team

Specialize in network engineering in a global enterprise environment. This role will provide network engineering, implementation, analytical, and operational support. The engineer will ensure compliance to established system architecture, regulations and security policies, follow standards and best practices, and author and maintain support documentation.

• Work closely with Staff Network Engineers on design and initiatives
• Maintain current network solution within manufacturing, workplace, retail, and data center environment
• Function as a Tier 2-3 escalation point
• Requirements gathering, analyze, and propose solution to networking needs
• Provision, implement, test/validation, and maintain networking services per solution design
• Conduct product POC evaluation
• Monitor, analyze, and report metrics of network services
• Document network knowledge base and operational “Run-Book”
• Participate in on call rotation (potential weekend)

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field of study and graduating between 2024-2026
• Experience with mid-large global enterprise networking infrastructure
• Familiarity in IP networking, L2/L3 network protocols (spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, end to end QOS, VLAN, VRRP, LACP, MC-LAG, EVPN with VXLAN, ACL, application flow, NAC, and infrastructure cabling
• Nice to have: Experience with multi-vendor switching technologies including Juniper, Arista, and Cisco, Extensive experience with Juniper SRX and Palo Alto Networks firewall services including IPSEC VPN, URL filtering, and IDS/IPS, Experience with various tools such as Protocol Analyzer, SNMP, Netflow, IPAM, RADIUS, Splunk, network taps, and load/stress testing, Experience with developing scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and collect metrics