Internship, Power Electronics Firmware Engineer, Energy Engineering (Winter/Spring 2027)

What to Expect

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This position is expected to start January 2027 and continue through the entire Winter/Spring term (i.e through April/May 2027) or into Summer 2027 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships.

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Tesla Energy is looking for a driven Firmware Engineer intern to bring the next generation of energy storage and vehicle charging products to the market. The candidate should display enthusiasm for delivering top quality firmware.The responsibilities range from firmware implementation/validation, production support, and fleet improvements. This role involves working closely with the Hardware, Controls and Software teams to deliver production grade safety critical firmware for AC/DC and DC/DC power converters. This is an opportunity to work with world class engineering teams that continually push the envelope on power conversion technology. Our power converters get deployed in Tesla products all over the world to serve our mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

What You’ll Do

• Write high-quality C code for realtime embedded systems
• Firmware development and debugging, code/performance optimization, create and execute board level test plans to expose weakness or faults in hardware and firmware
• Translate controls algorithms into software implementation and integrate them into firmware and validation frameworks
• Hands-on hardware bring-up and qualification of power converters, and lab work as needed to support development/debug activities through the entire product lifecycle
• Work with product deployment teams to track fleet performance, assess behavioral issues and help drive firmware improvements to resolve anomalies and deliver new product features

What You’ll Bring

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Engineering, or related field
• Capable of delivering top quality C code in a real time embedded environment
• Strong electrical fundamentals
• Experience with typical microcontroller peripherals such as ADC, DAC, PWM, Timers etc. and communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, CAN, UART etc.
• Can read hardware schematics and work with the hardware team to deliver production worthy hardware/software co-designed architecture
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment