Internship, Silicon Development Engineer, Vehicle Hardware (Fall 2024)

Tesla

Feb 24, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Engineering
Palo Alto

Requirements

Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Understand high-speed digitial design and interfaces such as PCIe Gen 3.0/4.0/5.0, Ethernet 40b/100b/1000b, DDR3/4/5
Knowledge of PCB manufacturing technologies, and DFM. Engage with PCB/PCBA vendors for a successful PCB fabrication/assembly
Understanding of analog and power circuitry such as amplifiers, DC-DC converters, ADC/DACs.
Knowledge of system level aspects of low power and high-power design and the ability to model and analyze power at system and core level
Familiarity with Embedded board bring-up
Strong comfort in C, C++, Python, and/or Linux OS Scripting
Understanding fundamentals of real-time operating system (RTOS) principles
Experience in design, verification or validation disciplines, system/platform level debug and root cause isolation, methodology and tools

Responsibilities

Your application for the Vehicle Hardware Engineering – Silicon Development Internship will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below:
The DOJO System Hardware Design Team design complex, high-speed boards that deliver computer performance, while delivering high power to the overall system. On this team you will design SOC/Chipset components and peripherals (eMMC, flash, DDR, as well as interfaces such as I2C, UART, and SPI). You will provide power projection of end-to-end use cases for future projects and establish power targets for the end-to-end system as well as SoC cores. Be prepared to use basic programming to create and execute test plans.
The Autopilot Silicon and Systems Validation team focuses on validating Pre and Post Silicon phases of the Autopilot Silicon and System that includes the SoC, PCBA, Firmware and Platform. They work closely with the Autopilot Firmware and the Autopilot Application Software teams to build confidence in the overall HW/SW platform that runs in the cars. This team builds validation test infrastructures that are capable of launching a variety of synthetic and use-case based tests in order to catch any hardware or firmware defects prior to production.
The Autopilot Silicon and System Design team is responsible for designing and productizing silicon chips, ASICs, and the overall system for Tesla Autopilot. This team architects, designs, and verifies the entire system. This team is responsible for writing firmware and software drivers to communicate with the system. They are looking for interns with strong electrical engineering fundamentals, understanding of hardware-software concepts, and familiarity with PCBA design. Schematic entry and simulation, lab skills, and scripting are a must. Experience in mixed signal design, high speed signaling, or power supply design is preferred.

Tesla

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

Automotive

Industry

10,001+

Employees

2003

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles in addition to renewable energy generation and storage. California-based Tesla is committed to having the best-in-class in safety, performance, and reliability in all Tesla cars. There are currently over 275,000 Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles on the road worldwide. To achieve a sustainable energy future, Tesla also created infinitely scalable energy products: Powerwall, Powerpack and Solar Roof. As the world’s only vertically integrated energy company, Tesla continues to innovate, scale and reduce the costs of commercial and grid-scale systems, with the goal of ultimately getting us to 100% renewable energy grids.