Internship

Job Description

Consider before submitting an application:    

This position is expected to start around Aug/Sep 2025 and continue through the Fall term (approximately December 2025). We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time and on-site, for most internships. Our internship program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program. Recent graduates seeking employment after graduation and not returning to school should apply for full-time positions, not 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 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 

In this internship you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of hardware engineers, software engineers, technicians, and project managers to not only bring up completely new hardware, but to streamline and automate those processes using software. 

You will develop your own software and contribute to existing systems to increase the speed with how quickly Tesla can integrate brand new, bleeding-edge hardware into the car computer system. You will identify issues with new hardware and the software controlling it and work both independently and with domain-expert engineers to solve those issues. 

Job Responsibilities

• You will own the introduction and automation of new car computer hardware for engineering 

• Meet bring-up deadlines of never-before-seen products 

• Update existing automation software systems to support new hardware 

• Learn and understand the Tesla car computer Linux operating system 

• Create and own new software systems to provide Tesla teams with working products 

• Support development and validation of factory critical software systems 

• Develop relationships with SW/HW engineers, Technicians and PMs to understand their needs 

• Oversee the Tesla car computer prototype lab to streamline builds and bring-up 

Job Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study with a graduation date between December 2025-2026 

• Experience with bash/shell and Linux 

• Experience adding to an existing codebase with at least some formal programming language (Python, Golang, C/C++, Perl, etc.) 

• Basic knowledge of git and using it with an existing codebase 

• Low-level programing experience to interact with hardware 

• Strong communication skills 

• Electrical debugging skills (using oscilloscope and multimeter) 

• Computer networking experience via ethernet or other protocols