Internship, Software Integration Engineer, AI Platforms (Winter/Spring 2026)
About this internship
Tesla is offering a Software Integration Engineer internship focused on AI Platforms for Winter/Spring 2026 in Palo Alto, CA, with on-site work. In this role, you’ll likely help integrate and support software components using C/C++ (modern standards), multithreading, and Python, with exposure to embedded and real-time design considerations. Familiarity with CUDA or OpenCL, and an understanding of computer vision and machine learning applications, may be especially helpful. The listed pay range is $100,000–$150,000 per year.
Qualifications
Required
- Industry experience developing in C/C++, including modern standards (C++14/17/20), multithreading, and Python
- familiarity with CUDA or OpenCL is a strong plus
- Solid understanding of embedded systems architecture and real time software design principles
- Working knowledge of computer vision, machine learning, and their practical applications in real world systems is a strong plus
Nice to have
- Comfort reading and navigating large C/C++ codebases that use C++14/17/20 features.
- Practical experience debugging multithreaded behavior and reasoning about concurrency issues.
- Ability to prototype or automate integration tasks with Python to speed up iteration and testing.
- Familiarity with embedded systems constraints and how they shape real-time software design decisions.
- Introductory exposure to GPU compute concepts (e.g., CUDA or OpenCL) and when acceleration is useful.
- High-level understanding of how computer vision and machine learning components fit into real-world systems.
How to stand out (TUN tip)
Before applying, skim the internship page and tailor your resume to highlight specific examples of C/C++ (C++14/17/20) work, multithreading, and Python scripting, even if they come from class projects or prior roles. If you’ve touched CUDA/OpenCL or applied computer vision or ML in a practical system, mention what you integrated and what problem it solved, keeping claims concrete.