Internship, System Integration & Test Automation Engineer, Energy Engineering (Fall 2025)
About this internship
Tesla is hiring an on-site Fall 2025 intern for a System Integration & Test Automation Engineer role within Energy Engineering in Palo Alto, CA. In this position, you’ll likely support the integration, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical systems, including working from schematics and building basic electrical setups. The role is geared toward students pursuing Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related field, and pays $20–$50 per hour.
Qualifications
Required
- Pursuing a Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or related field
- Understanding of electrical engineering principles
- ability to read & understand schematics and build basic electrical systems
- Experienced in testing and troubleshooting electrical systems including the use of lab tools such as digital multimeters, and oscilloscopes
Nice to have
- Comfort reading schematics and clearly documenting wiring, test steps, and results.
- Hands-on familiarity with common lab workflows, including safe measurement practices with digital multimeters and oscilloscopes.
- Ability to troubleshoot systematically by forming hypotheses, isolating variables, and verifying fixes.
- Clear communication skills for sharing findings with engineers during integration and test activities.
- Strong organization and attention to detail when handling hardware, cables, and test setups on-site.
How to stand out (TUN tip)
Before you apply, review the internship page and tailor your resume to highlight specific examples of reading schematics, building basic electrical systems, and using a digital multimeter or oscilloscope to troubleshoot issues. If you have a short lab or class project write-up, be ready to summarize your test approach, what measurements you took, and how you diagnosed the problem.