Internship, Embedded Software Engineer, Steering, Chassis Systems (Fall 2026)
Tesla · Palo Alto, CA · 3 wk ago
On-siteInformation Technology$42.07–$58.89/hrInternship
About the role
The Internship Recruiting Team is passionate about recognizing and developing emerging talent. The year-round program places the best students in roles where they can grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience with their Manager, Mentor, and team.
Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality C code in a real-time embedded environment
- Specify, design, and implement functionality and behaviors of embedded subsystems
- Design the software architecture and firmware implementation on hardware through integration, test, and high-volume manufacturing
- Hands-on hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization
- Make performance and optimization trade-offs to meet product requirements
Requirements
- Pursuing a Bachelor or master's degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field of study with a graduation date between December 2026 - December 2027
- Strong, hands-on, C coding experience
- Embedded development experience, preferred
- Low-level development on microcontrollers, for embedded development, preferred
- Experience working on complex PCBAs, for embedded development, preferred
- Experience writing software on controllers, preferred
- Experience bringing up multi-disciplinary systems driven by software, preferred
- Knowledge of physics, mechanical, and electrical systems, preferred
Qualifications
- 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.
Skills
- Technical skills relevant to embedded development
- Problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
Benefits
- Medical plans
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage)
- Vision plans
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
- Voluntary benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Pay
$42.07 - $58.89/hour + benefits