Internship, Frontend Software Engineer, Ui Design (Winter/Spring 2024)

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 Programs at Tesla

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions that they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by given them projects that are critical to their team’s success.

Locations

• Hawthorne, CA

About the Team

The Tesla Design team is responsible for the user interface of all vehicles, energy products, and apps. As a Frontend Engineer Intern, you will design and develop user experiences across Tesla’s product portfolio. Candidates should have exceptional design and development skills, a great sense of aesthetics, and a passion for front-end technologies. You will be responsible for developing the front-end web applications for our in-car user interface using modern web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript or UIML and frameworks such as React, Svelte or Electron.js.

The future of cars and sustainable energy can be whatever we want it to be. We are looking for someone to help us shape that future - someone with passion, dedication, and the drive to make Tesla’s products of today and tomorrow great.

• Create and make decisions that implement a design language consistent throughout the Tesla UI platform (in-car, mobile, etc.).
• Optimize web applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Strategically imagine, conceive of, manage, and drive UI design projects from concept to implementation.
• Act as liaison to provide feedback and ensure design integrity of projects between designers and software engineers.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, software engineers, and product managers to design and implement features that improve the user experience.
• Apply knowledge of UI design and software engineering to develop new user interfaces and interaction models in HTML/CSS, JavaScript and Svelte.

• Deep experience in interaction prototyping for different form factors and interfaces.
• Experience working with 3D Game Engines such as Unity, Unreal Engine or Godot a plus.
• Familiarity with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks, such as JavaScript/HTML/CSS, WebGL (Three.JS), React, Svelte or UIML.
• A great portfolio showing your work is a huge plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.