Internship, Data Engineer, Fleet Analytics (Winter/Spring 2027)

Tesla develops electric vehicles, energy products, robotics, and related technologies powered by large-scale real-world data. The Data Engineer Intern will analyze petabyte-scale fleet data, build production data pipelines, dashboards, applications, and tools, and partner with engineering teams to improve data-driven decision-making and operational workflows.

What you'll do:

• Work with stakeholders to turn vague problem statements into clear analytical or engineering scopes, then use the results to drive informed decisions
• Write reproducible data analyses over petabytes of fleet-scale data using modern open-source technologies
• Clearly communicate analysis assumptions, methodology, limitations, and results to technical audiences
• Build data pipelines that promote high-value ad-hoc analyses into production datasets, dashboards, or applications that engineers can rely on
• Design and implement metrics, applications, and tools that help engineers and AI agents self-serve data insights
• Improve internal workflows for data discovery, analysis, debugging, onboarding, and operational support
• Partner with engineers to drive adoption of the applications, datasets, and tools you build
• Write clean, tested, maintainable code that can be extended by other engineers

What they're looking for:

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Statistics, or a related technical field, with expected graduation in 2027 or 2028
• Able to work on site in Palo Alto, CA
• Strong programming ability in Python, Java, Scala, or another general-purpose language
• Experience working with data through coursework, research, internships, or personal projects
• Ability to reason about technical systems and learn domain concepts quickly, including vehicle, electrical, or energy systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical work clearly
• Curiosity, ownership, and comfort working through ambiguity

Benefits:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans. Both have an option with a $0 payroll contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources