Vehicle Hardware - Electrical/Computer Engineering Internship (Fall 2022)

Disclaimer: This position is expected to start around August or September 2022 and continue through the entire Fall term (i.e. through December) or into early Spring/Winter 2023 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time, for most internships. Please consider before submitting an application. 

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. Instead of going on coffee runs and making copies, our interns have a seat at the table and make critical decisions that will influence not only their team, but the overall achievement of Tesla’s mission.  

The Role

Interns within Vehicle Hardware Engineering will support the development, production, and testing of current and future vehicle designs. Your scope of work will be a combination of mechanical, electrical, design, and software projects depending on team requirements, challenging you to come up with creative solutions to affect rigorous quality and cost-down targets. Additionally, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional partners, external vendors, and suppliers.

Your application for the Vehicle Hardware Engineering Internship - Electrical/Computer Engineering will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below:

The Autopilot Hardware team is responsible for designing the Controllers that deliver the autonomous driving capability of Tesla vehicles. This team designs complex, high-speed boards that deliver computing performance while meeting efficiency, cost, reliability and safety goals. The IC Packaging Design team performs advanced IC package design feasibility studies, trail routing and fan-out studies. They are responsible for carrying out physical layout by using constraint driven design methodology. Signal Integrity/Power Integrity Engineers validate next generation autopilot system in Tesla’s vehicles. They support system level high-speed serial interface and memory interface signal integrity design.

Electrical Architecture & Distribution teams are responsible for the design of the electrical nervous system of our upcoming vehicle platforms. These multi-disciplinary teams are responsible for the vehicle’s electrical distribution framework; both Low Voltage (lights, seats, horn, audio, Infotainment system, and Autopilot) and High Voltage (charging, main battery, drive units, HVAC power). They have ownership of the wiring design in collaboration with all those device designers, and validation and supplier preparedness for all vehicle development projects.

The Sensing team is responsible for the hardware that embodies the "senses" of Tesla vehicles. This team. They architect the ADAS sensor product installed on all vehicles, Develop DSP/Algorithms, and ensure sensor performance is successfully achieved when integrated with other subsystems in the vehicle. Connectivity is an important part of all Tesla cars, further enhancing the driving experience by providing access to features that require wireless data usage. We apply first-principles for the design, integration, test, and production development. You will closely work with cross-functional teams and support other engineering teams to achieve quality and schedule targets.

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