RF Intern

Job Description

Internship, Radio Frequency Engineer, Energy Engineering (Fall 2026) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is an internship at Tesla, located on-site. Tesla is a company known for its electric vehicles, energy generation, and storage products, including vehicle charging and residential/industrial energy storage solutions. This role is crucial for pushing the evolving industry forward by designing wireless/wired communication systems, circuits for user safety, energy metering, thermal controls, and relay controls for grid connection.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, On-site
• Pay: $20–$50 hourly
• Team: The Energy Low Voltage Electrical Engineering and RF team
• Mission: Design, develop, and test RF hardware, systems, and antennas for critical energy-related products, ensuring communication and safety for Tesla’s energy offerings.
• Tech Stack: Python, ADS, HFSS, CST, Altium, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers

What You’ll Actually Do
• Assist in the design and development of RF hardware/system and/or antenna design specifically for energy-related products.
• Conduct RF performance testing and develop scripts to automate testing, parse data, plot results, and analyze large datasets.
• Participate in modeling and simulating electromagnetic (EM) performance at both component and product levels.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to troubleshoot and effectively resolve technical and design-related challenges.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Student pursuing a Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with relevant coursework in RF/Wireless Communication Systems, Microwave Engineering, and Signal Processing.
• Experience: Hands-on experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers and network analyzers. Ability to write Python code or use similar tools for automating RF measurements.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of RF transmission lines, impedance matching, RF circuits, and antenna theory. Understanding of system-level RF parameters like power, sensitivity, and throughput. Familiarity with simulation tools such as ADS, HFSS, or CST.
• Bonus: Exposure to PCB design tools like Altium.