Field Quality Engineer Intern

Job Description

Internship, Field Quality Engineer, Energy Engineering (Fall 2025) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is a full-time internship at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, CA, expected to start August or September 2026 and continue through the fall term. Tesla builds innovative energy products such as Powerwall, Megapack, and Supercharger, focusing on improving customer experience and reducing field issues. This role is critical for identifying, analyzing, and resolving problems affecting these energy products, directly contributing to their quality, reliability, and durability. The internship program provides students an opportunity to grow technically, professionally, and personally by working on projects central to their team’s success.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time (40 hours/week)
• Location: In-person, Palo Alto, CA
• Pay: $20–$50 hourly
• Team: Field Quality team, working cross-functionally with other engineering and service teams.
• Mission: Improve customer experience of Tesla products by reducing field issues.
• Tech Stack: SQL, Python, Jupyterhub, Minitab, Tableau, JMP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Monitor Performance: Track product field performance to identify and prioritize trending issues based on severity, occurrence, or cost.
• Triage Issues: Analyze emerging trends and apply engineering principles to develop failure hypotheses.
• Coordinate Returns: Work with field service teams to accelerate the return of defective hardware for detailed analysis.
• Investigate Root Causes: Perform deep-dive data analysis and coordinate with the Failure Analysis team to identify the fundamental causes of problems.
• Drive Improvements: Collaborate with engineering, factory quality, and suppliers to implement containment measures and corrective actions in production and design, participating in continuous improvement.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Desired prior experience in Failure Analysis, Product Engineering, Quality, or Service within consumer electronics or automotive sectors.
• Skills: Broad engineering background with the ability to collaborate across design, manufacturing, service, and suppliers, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and proficiency in using tools and business system applications for data management and interpretation.
• Bonus: Experience with programming languages and tools such as SQL, Python, Jupyterhub, Minitab, Tableau, or JMP is a strong plus.