Internship, Autobidder Software Engineer, Energy Engineering (Summer 2026)

Consider before submitting an application:

This position is expected to start May 2026 and continue throughsummerterm (endingapproximately August 2026or later, if available). We ask for a minimum of12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships.Our internship program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program.Recent graduates seeking employment after graduation and not returning to school should apply for full-time positions, not internships.

International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year.

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows the intern to experience life at Tesla by including them in projects that are critical to their team's success.

Tesla's mission is to accelerate the world's transition to renewable energy. This isn't just a slogan to us. We arebuilding the largest battery storage systems in the world. We are constantly expanding the Supercharger network,the largest electric car charging network ever.We are growing the largest fleets of residential solar, battery storage, and car charging devices in many countries around the world.

Join our team as an Autobidder Software Platform Intern, where you will define and author software that facilitates trading and operation of enormous quantities of electrical energy to make battery storage more economically advantageous and support clean electric grid growth. You will work cross functionally with experienced trading algorithm engineers, operations engineers, and time series forecasting engineers to build foundational software components supporting battery trading, e.g. building a service that ingests market price signals and routes them to trading algorithms.

Location:Palo Alto, CA

• Own end-to-end cross-functional software projects, from defining detailed requirements through coordination with platform, algorithm, operations, and forecasting teams to delivery

• Author and refine production-grade software supporting battery energy trading

• Build tooling and automation services that remove bottlenecks for domain experts

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

• Genuine interest in battery trading and effective software creation and extension

• A hunger to drive impact and transition the world towards sustainable energy through foundational software improving automated battery energy trading operations

• Nice to have: experience in Scala, Python, Kubernetes, Terraform, distributed systems, microservices, message-passing architecture, and writing production-grade software in a collaborative setting

• Required: an interest to learn and extend your abilities with humility, drive and curiosity

• Self-motivated effective communicator with strong software project management skills: excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work flexibly in a highly cross-functional environment

As a full-time Tesla Intern, you will be eligible for:

• 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
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.