Jobs · Information Technology · California

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

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