Body Controls Integration Intern

Job Description

About the Role
This internship position is with the Body Controls Integration team, which leads the design, development, and lifecycle ownership of mechatronic systems that define how customers interact with Tesla vehicles. This small, passionate, and fast-moving team offers the intern the opportunity to work closely with various engineering disciplines on critical projects, owning complete system functionality from concept through production.

What You’ll Do
• Support system integration tasks from concept to production
• Define system requirements, vehicle behaviors, and performance specifications that are measurable, testable, and manufacturable
• Contribute to architectural decisions for body controls systems, evaluating communication protocols, control strategies, and hardware-software partitioning
• Collaborate with electrical and mechanical hardware teams to define interfaces, instrumentation points, and validation strategies early in the design cycle
• Aid in calibration and tuning of electromechanical systems to meet performance and user experience goals
• Support firmware and validation teams in ensuring testability is integrated into designs
• Manage stakeholder alignment across firmware, hardware, reliability, homologation, service, manufacturing, and product security teams

You’re a Good Fit If You
• Are currently pursuing a degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field of study with a graduation date between December 2026 – December 2027
• Have a strong foundation in both hardware and software fundamentals with ability to bridge electrical schematics and firmware architecture
• Have experience with embedded communication protocols
• Have an understanding of motor control, sensing systems, and electromechanical system behavior
• Have the ability to read electrical schematics and use lab equipment (oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters) for bring-up and troubleshooting
• Are familiar with Embedded C to review firmware and collaborate effectively with developers on implementation details
• Have experience defining requirements from high-level vehicle behaviors and making them measurable and testable
• Have the ability to design simple automation tools, test scripts, or parsers to improve bring-up and validation efficiency
• Have a bias toward incremental progress, systematic problem-solving, and explicit risk-based decision making

Bonus Qualifications
• Have experience with safety-critical systems, functional safety concepts, or automotive validation processes

Role Highlights & Compensation
• Position expected to start August or September 2026 and continue through fall term (ending approximately December 2026) or continuing into Winter/Spring 2027 if available and there is an opportunity to do so
• Minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships
• Program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program
• International Students: Must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site; consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week if your work authorization is through CPT
• Expected Compensation: $42.07 – $58.89/hour
• Medical plans (options with $0 payroll deduction)
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans (options with $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)
• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), 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