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Tesla Embedded Engineer Intern 2024 – Must Apply!

April 15, 2024 /

Tesla is hiring for Embedded Systems Software Engineer Intern, Vehicle Firmware (Fall 2024). This is among the three golden opportunities that I have shared for CS students to intern at a fantastic organization, Tesla! Details about the role are provided below:

About company:

Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas, which designs, manufactures and sells electric vehicles, stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services.

Role:

Embedded Systems Software Engineer Intern, Vehicle Firmware (Fall 2024)

Job Location:

Palo Alto, California

What to Expect:

Consider before submitting an application:  

This position is expected to start around August/September 2024 and continue through the entire Fall term (i.e. through December 2024) or into Spring 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.

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.

What You’ll Do

Your application for the Embedded Systems Software Engineer, Vehicle Firmware Internship will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below:

Authentication and Keys Team

  • Vehicle access control is a critical user facing system providing cutting edge user experiences like auto presenting doors, phone key and cloud key management. You will be challenged to think out of the box to bring up embedded software architecture while maintaining scalability, reliability, and efficiency of your code running on embedded environment. Come join a team of deeply knowledgeable engineers that strive to build the most robust and reliable embedded systems using cutting edge software development tools and practices.

Crash Safety

  • Tesla vehicles are some of the safest in the world. As an intern you will develop application-level logic and software, such as developing sensing and actuation algorithms, diagnostics software, and implementing interfaces and simulation capabilities. You will work closely with a cross-functional team to deliver high-impact software. Come join a team of deeply knowledgeable engineers that strive to build the safest, most advanced, robust, and reliable chassis controls functions using cutting-edge development tools and practices. You will solve some of the most ambiguous and challenging problems in the industry and change the way the world experiences vehicles.

Simulation and Modelling

  • The Chassis Controls team is looking for a Rust or C++ Developer Intern to expand our cutting-edge simulation platform built in Rust. The platform simulates combined physics/discrete/firmware scenarios. This also includes development of modeling frameworks and exploratory analysis tools. This role is crucial for new product development and for releasing high quality software to our existing customers. Creating, maintaining, and scaling highly efficient, effective, and thorough development systems enables us to have higher confidence in our releases and changes.  

Chassis Controls

  • Come join the team that makes the car drive, brake, and steer. From low level embedded drivers to high level controls and customer facing features, join us to develop the firmware that moves our vehicles. Develop highly optimized firmware for motor controls, bring up new boards and microcontrollers for sensors and actuators, come up with controls strategies, or develop safety monitors – just some of things you could be working on!

Body Controls

  • The body controls firmware team is responsible for firmware, sensing, and controls of mechatronics systems in Tesla vehicles. These systems include falcon wing doors, seats, liftgates, windows, latches, wipers, mirrors, various sensing systems, interior and exterior lighting, and control of other small motors in the vehicle. The team is small, passionate, and fast moving. The body controls firmware developer intern will work on motor control, sensing, and lightning firmware, writing firmware in C and SIL (software in the loop) validation tests in Python.

Vehicle Controls Platform

  • The vehicle controls embedded platform team is responsible for implementing and testing shared device drivers, managing the core firmware runtime environment (RTOS, memory management, etc.), developing firmware build infrastructure, and managing Tesla’s layered firmware architecture. This position will support firmware development from prototyping to volume manufacturing. The vehicle controls platform firmware developer intern will develop and maintain a suite of device drivers across various microcontrollers and ICs, contribute to build system and development tools including code generators, and debug, root cause, and fix critical bugs.

Low Voltage Power 

  • As a member of the firmware development team focused on low voltage power distribution and vehicle power states, you will be responsible for delivering high quality embedded code running on the processors at the heart of all Tesla vehicles. You will be a direct contributor toward the safety and user experience of charging Tesla vehicles. You will work on a variety of different aspects of embedded programming: interfacing with low voltage lithium-ion batteries (including health monitoring and extending health), electrical control of power distribution components, creation of device drivers and low-level hardware interactions, designing and developing control systems, defining and implementing user interactions, failure mode analysis, and hardware fault handling. You will join a team of deeply knowledgeable and passionate engineers that strive to build the most robust and reliable embedded systems using cutting edge software development tools and practices. You will solve some of the most challenging problems in the embedded software space and change the way the world produces electric vehicles and delivers energy.

Thermal Systems

  • The thermal software team is responsible for bringing new thermal management technologies to Tesla’s vehicle products to optimize vehicle efficiency in wide range of climate conditions. The thermal software team is small, passionate, and fast moving. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for designing and maintaining user facing features, controls and diagnostics for cabin HVAC, refrigerant and coolant systems in all of Tesla’s vehicle products. Your software will be directly responsible for managing all heat/cooling loads in and out of the vehicle. Come join us to build the most robust and reliable embedded thermal systems using cutting edge software development tools and practices.

UI Vehicle Development

  •  As a Software Engineer Intern working on Vehicle-UI Development and Integration, you will be responsible for building in-car user interfaces to operate the vehicle’s cutting-edge systems. You will work on a cross-functional team to implement and deliver user interfaces focused on the car’s physical subsystems including HVAC, body controls, drive systems, charging, and more. You will utilize fundamental knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems and work with designers to create elegant and intuitive vehicle controls.

What You’ll Bring:

  • Currently working towards a degree Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related field.
  • Experience in C/C++.
  • Experience with embedded development and low-level coding.
  • FSAE, Hyperloop or Solar Racing experience is a plus.
  • Experience with RTOS, firmware architecture, device drivers or programming hardware components is a plus.
  • Previous test experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) or Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) is a plus.

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).
  • LGBTQ+ care concierge services.
  • 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

$36.06 – $50.48 + 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.

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.

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Directly apply to Tesla Embedded Systems Software Engineer Intern, Diagnostics (Fall 2024) using this link.