Charging Product Management Internship – EV and Robot Charging

Job Description

Internship, Commercial Charging Product Management, Energy Engineering (Fall 2026) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is an internship at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, CA. Tesla is an organization that defines and commercializes industrial energy hardware product offerings and brings impactful EV and Robot Charging solutions to the market. This role is critical for scoping and delivering the software and hardware roadmap for Supercharging, Commercial AC Charging, and next-generation charging products for Robotaxi and Optimus Robot.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Palo Alto, CA
• Pay: $20–$50 hourly
• Team: Commercial Charging Product team, responsible for scoping and delivering the Software and Hardware roadmap for charging products.
• Mission: To take ownership of select Commercial Charging roadmap deliverables by discovering customer pain points, writing Product Requirements Documents, and working with cross-functional teams to launch solutions.
• Tech Stack: Query databases

What You’ll Actually Do
• Scoping: Scope and document technical requirements for Commercial Charging products, including Supercharger, AC Commercial Chargers, and chargers for next-gen Tesla products.
• Preparation: Prepare internal and external documents necessary for product launch and commercialization.
• Presentation: Organize, participate in, and lead internal demonstrations of product features and capabilities.
• Tracking: Work with Program and Product managers to track progress, highlight potential risks, and help resolve identified issues.
• Research: Collect primary and secondary customer research, analyze insights from Tesla datasets, and present business and engineering tradeoffs to leadership.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering or a related field.
• Experience: Ability to communicate problem statements and tradeoffs clearly.
• Skills: Ability to query databases and pull together metrics and visualizations for analysis.
• Bonus: Background in energy or charging systems, UI design, user research, or customer discovery analysis.