Internship, Data Engineer, Fleet Data, Self Driving (Fall 2026)

The Internship Recruiting Team is passionate about recognizing and developing emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in roles where they can grow technically, professionally, and personally. Interns work closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team, experiencing life at Tesla through projects critical to their team's success.

About the Role

The Self-Driving Fleet Data team focuses on mining data from millions of Tesla vehicles to enhance neural networks and create real-time analytics for Self-Driving performance. Interns contribute to key data pipelines and assist in monitoring system health, ensuring reliability at scale.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end data pipeline development, from fleet data ingestion to visualization
• Define and implement key performance metrics for Tesla’s self-driving systems
• Monitor system health using observability tools
• Create reusable developer tools and internal libraries
• Support data flow optimization
• Evaluate the impact of new datasets on model performance and system insights
• Create interactive dashboards and visualization tools

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field with a graduation date of December 2026 - December 2027
• Proficient in Python and SQL, with practical experience writing clean, efficient code
• Exposure to the full data lifecycle, including data sourcing, ingestion, transformation, and analysis
• Demonstrate ability to take ownership of projects, from identifying data needs to building and testing simple pipelines or dashboards
• Adaptable and proactive, thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

Qualifications

• Ability to work 40 hours per week on-site
• Must be able to work full-time (40 hours/week)

Skills

• Data engineering
• Python programming
• SQL database management
• Observability tools
• Interactive dashboard creation

Benefits

• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans
• HSA contribution
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee stock purchase plans
• Paid holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay

$36 - $50/annual salary + benefits