Internship

Job Description

Consider before submitting an application:  

This position is expected to start around August or September 2025 and continue through the Fall term (ending approximately December 2025) or continuing into Winter/Spring 2026 if available and there is an opportunity to do so. 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.

Your application for the Chassis Validation Engineer Internship will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below: 

Drive Systems: 

Drive Systems support the development and validation of new inverter and motor hardware as well as firmware features for new and existing cars. Their efforts improve the efficiency, reliability, cost, and customer experience of Tesla’s vehicles. Firmware integration is a highly cross-functional role that requires an intern to quickly form working relationships with teams across the company including firmware development, manufacturing test, and vehicle program management, while also demanding technical proficiency in embedded development and testing. 

Chassis Controls: 

We are looking for a Chassis Controls validation engineer. You will be responsible for validating and testing safety critical chassis controls software (Traction Control, Stability Control, Steering, ABS, etc.). The role is part test execution but also part test design. You will spend most of your time at proving grounds in prototype vehicles and will be expected to not only execute maneuvers but also be able to compile and change software and understand hardware change impact on the control systems and vehicle attributes. 

Chassis Systems: 

The Chassis Systems Software team is a combination of software engineers, mechatronics engineers, and vehicle dynamics engineers. We work on challenging problems that span safety-critical software, embedded systems, motor controls, electronics actuation, and vehicle dynamics. Shipping safety-critical code at high velocity to millions of vehicles requires exhaustive and efficient test infrastructure. A validation internship in the chassis systems team gives an opportunity to work alongside industry leading teams that are solving this in production at scale. 

Job Responsibilities

• Create and develop automated Software in the Loop (SIL), Processor in the Loop (PIL), and Hardware in the loop (HIL) validation infrastructure to enable reliable, efficient, thorough, accurate, and repeatable tests 

• Develop and execute automated regression test suites for safety-critical chassis software 

• Continuously analyze and improve regression test suite coverage 

• Create and execute board level test plans to expose weaknesses or faults 

Job Requirements