Embedded Software Engineer Intern
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About the Company and Job Description
The Internship Recruiting Team at Tesla is dedicated to identifying and fostering emerging talent. They offer a year-round program designed to provide students with technical, professional, and personal growth opportunities. Interns will work closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team on projects crucial to the team’s success, allowing them to experience life at Tesla.
Job Description:
Tesla Energy is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer Intern to join a small team focused on energy management and control applications. The ideal candidate will possess experience with low-level software, including drivers, porting kernels, firmware, boot loaders, and general bring-up and debug at the hardware/software interface. A background in low-latency and real-time systems is advantageous. The team values individuals with a strong learning aptitude and the ability to quickly adapt to new topics. Strong C programming skills and excellent debugging abilities are essential.
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Responsibilities:
• Deliver high-quality system-level software for various hardware components.
• Package and integrate various software components into the build system.
• Collaborate closely with teams across the company, including Hardware, Applications, QA, Validation, and Manufacturing.
• Work with validation teams to develop test strategies and plans.
• Develop drivers, perform board bring-up, and enable new hardware on Embedded Linux.
Requirements:
• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience in developing and debugging firmware such as u-boot or coreboot.
• Familiarity with security features such as SELinux, TLS, verified boot, and trusted execution environments.
• Experience in real-time and low-latency software development.
• Familiarity with Linux build environments such as Buildroot, Yocto, and Linux from Scratch.
• Experience with communication standards and technologies like WiFi, ZigBee, mesh networking, and cellular networks.
• Comfortable with Go, Python, shell scripting, make, etc.
