Energy - Mechanical Engineering Internship (Spring/Summer 2024)

What To Expect
Disclaimer: This posting is for both the Spring and/or Summer terms. Please accurately state your availability when applying. The Spring Internship is expected to start around January 2024 and continue through the entire Spring term (i.e. through May 2024). The Summer Internship is expected to start around May 2024 and continue through the entire Summer term (i.e. through August 2024). We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site. Please consider before submitting an application.
International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week. Many students will be limited to part-time depending on their academic standing.
Internship Program at Tesla
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.
Locations

Palo Alto, CA

Fremont, CA

Austin, TX

What You’ll Do
Energy | Industrial Storage Service

The Tesla Energy Industrial Storage Service Engineering team is responsible for diagnosing and resolving product issues and escalations from Field Service teams to drive the best customer experience and fleet availability. In this internship you will identify and help resolve fleet-wide performance, operation, and maintenance challenges across the growing fleet of energy products by creating analytics that provide insights to drive action to maintain and improve the fleet.

Energy | Mechanical Design Engineering

The Industrial Energy Enclosure Engineering team is a small group of hands-on mechanical engineers. Our charter is to design robust and reliable electronics enclosures to enable the successful deployment and operation of Tesla’s Utility scale storage and Supercharging products. We work in a space crowded with regulatory requirements where competitors and suppliers are often invested in the status quo. Our team’s job is to ignore the status quo, challenge rules where appropriate, and implement fundamentals only engineering to make the absolute best products possible.

Energy | Supercharger, Mechanical Engineering

The Supercharger mechanical design team is a fun, diverse group of engineers, working to design world class charging hardware. We are responsible for major system architecture decisions, detailed design and simulation, and hardcore mechanical design of all elements of the Supercharger system. We are responsible for the success of the product from the early ideation phase all the way to mass production. The Supercharger engineering team is one of the few teams at the company that works on core Tesla tech, high power distribution, while also working on products that everyday people interact with. We are looking for mission driven, enthusiastic design engineers with a passion for hands on work.

Energy | Industrial Storage Hardware, Mechanical Design Engineering

The Industrial Storage Hardware Engineering team is a group of mechanical engineers dedicated to designing internal systems on all Tesla industrial energy storage products. Our focus is on developing large-scale energy storage technology that can be deployed to provide electrical grid stability and storage for renewable sources. We are responsible for battery design, high voltage distribution, safety systems, wire harnesses, internal mechanism design, and more. We are a small team with a wide scope that allows us to react quickly and make decisions that have a large impact on our products. We are looking for team members who are eager to learn, are motivated and able to take ownership of projects, and who ask the right questions to progress solutions to difficult problems.

What You’ll Bring

• Pursuing a BS or higher degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar

Energy | Industrial Storage Service

Strong engineering fundamentals and intuition, applied to firmware/software-enabled systems

Remain engaged, proactive, and positive while solving very challenging problems

Nice to have:

Experience with battery systems and power systems

Experience using Python or equivalent for data analysis on very large databases

Knowledge of CAN Bus communication

Experience with developing, managing or maintaining equipment running Linux based applications

Energy | Mechanical Design Engineering

Strong Engineering fundamentals in statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluids, and electronics

Basic understanding of material science of components used in mechanical design (metals, insulators, plastics, connectors, gaskets, etc)

Desire to own a lot and work hard - we have small teams and fast timelines

Demonstrated ability or ability to learn to create products: CAD design to FEA to hand on prototyping

A detail-oriented personality with solid documentation and reporting skills

Experience with student Formula Vehicle, Solar Car, Hyperloop etc. a plus

Direct machine shop skills a plus PREFERRED SKILLS

Knowledge of GD&T, finite element analysis and design for reliability concepts

Experience with CATIA V5 or V6

Energy | Supercharger, Mechanical Engineering

Hands on experience – comfortable in a laboratory environment

Basic understanding of material science of components used in mechanical design (metals, insulators, plastics, connectors, gaskets, etc).

Proficiency using 3D mechanical design and analysis tools. CAD experience is a must.

Prior experience with taking leading roles in school or university extracurricular design projects /competitions such as FSAE, ASC/WSC, Hyperloop is a plus. NICE TO HAVE

Knowledge of GD&T, finite element analysis and design for reliability concepts.

Experience with CATIA V5 or V6

Working knowledge of Matlab or Python.

Energy | Industrial Storage Hardware, Mechanical Design Engineering

Hands on experience (direct machine shop experience, personal projects, or student teams)

Basic understanding of material science of components used in mechanical design (metals, insulators, plastics, connectors, gaskets, etc.)

Experience and/or coursework focused on employing the fundamentals of thermodynamics and heat transfer to mechanical design projects

Solid mechanics coursework and/or experience

CAD experience

GD&T background

Mechanical EFA modelling

Vibration analysis background

Working knowledge of Matlab or Python.

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
$20.00 - $60.00 + 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.
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