Consider before submitting an application:
This position is expected to start May 2025 and continue through the entire Summer 2025 term (through August/September 2025). We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks at 40 hours per week, for this internship.
International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. Again, please do not apply until you know you can work 40 hours per week. This is required for external applicants. 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 emerging talent. Our year around 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 provide an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by giving them projects that are critical to their team's success.
Responsibilities The Solar Service Engineering team is responsible for monitoring energy production across our solar fleet, flagging systems that may be underperforming our estimates, and investigating them to identify the likely cause. We work hand-in-hand with the Service organization to ensure we can keep all of our systems running optimally for the full life of the products we sell. As our fleet continues to grow and age, we are constantly looking for approaches to improve our detection of real, actionable events and avoid unnecessary work on normal, weather-sensitive effects.
- Review system telemetry data to determine which sites are not meeting our energy targets
- Run fleet-wide scans to quantify the impact of specific modes of under-performance
- Update existing Python codebase improve the accuracy of our customer-facing system notifications
- Work with product design, system design, and field service teams to resolve performance issues not addressed with existing troubleshooting guidance
Requirements - Currently working towards a degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemical engineering or relevant program, or equivalent practical experience in product development, reliability engineering, failure analysis, systems test engineering, product quality, or service engineering
- Experience using Python or equivalent for data analysis on very large databases
- Experience with developing, managing or maintaining equipment running Linux based applications
- Strong engineering fundamentals and intuition, applied to firmware/software-enabled systems
- Remain engaged, proactive, and positive while solving very challenging problems
Compensation and Benefits Benefits
As a full-time Tesla Intern, you will be eligible for:
- Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans. Both have an option with a $0 payroll contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick time after 90 days of employment and Paid Holidays
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
- Expected Compensation
$30.00 - $45.00 + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
