This position is expected to start around January or February 2025 and continue through the entire Spring term (i.e. through May 2025) or into Spring/Summer 2025 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time and on-site, for most internships.

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

Internship Program at Tesla

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

Multiple Locations Possible: Fremont, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Other locations around the San Francisco Bay area

We are a diverse, enthusiastic, and growing team of multi-disciplined engineers that further Tesla's mission of accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy by demonstrating the functionality, performance, and durability of new hardware designs. As a test engineering intern, you will learn how to leverage hardware, firmware, and software solutions to validate Tesla products to rigorous internal and industry standards. We are interested in diverse candidates with all levels of experience, but we will prioritize curious and driven engineers with strong problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Your application will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below:

• Low Voltage Component Validation
  
• High Voltage Component Validation
  
• Drive Inverter Test Engineering
  
• Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) Test Engineering
  
• Capability Development
  
• Design for Reliability
  
• Firmware Testing
  
• Instrumentation and Imaging
  
• Power Electronics Manufacturing Test Engineering
  

• Design and build custom test equipment such as test PCBAs, harnesses, and overall system design to make validation efficient, modular, and repeatable
  
• Manage projects from initial concept through design, assembly, and final commissioning
  
• Write and maintain test software to automate test execution, data collection and analysis
  
• Develop and maintain validation schedules to coordinate test resources and communicate status to program managers
  

• Currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Science or a related field
  
• Proven technical experience through extracurricular activities, academic projects, passion projects, or equivalent experiences
  
• Excellent grasp of engineering fundamentals with experience using power supplies, multimeters, oscilloscopes, probing PCBAs, and reading schematics
  
• Eagerness to collaborate cross-functionally with other engineering teams while able to work independently to drive large projects forward and overcome blockers; detail-oriented and execution focused
  
• Genuine curiosity to figure out why something doesn't work; troubleshooting the root-cause of an issue comes second nature to you
  
• Love to be hands-on, understand how to interact with a system and automate repeatable tasks. You thrive on efficiency and hate to see someone waste time on something a script, fixture, or robotic system could do automatically