Internship, Software QA Engineer, Vehicle Software (Winter/Spring 2025)

$75,005 - $104,998/Yr

Tesla - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Intern

Palo Alto, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Software QA Engineer Internship at Tesla is designed for students pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field. This in-person internship will provide hands-on experience in software quality assurance, focusing on Tesla's User Interface and Autopilot software for vehicle programs. Interns will work closely with engineering teams, gaining ownership of critical projects while developing their technical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed test plans to validate Tesla's User Interface software
• Develop test scripts to automate the User Interface
• Develop framework to improve automation pipeline
• Validate vehicle functionality
• Identify effective test strategies for new features being delivered to customers
• Improve existing vehicle testing strategies
• Integrate existing automation results with daily/weekly reports
• Investigate issues reported by customers in the field, internal test engineers, and your own testing
• Execute functional and regression tests as a part of release testing and triage results
• Find software bugs through manual testing, automated scripting, and report investigation

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field with a graduation date between 2025 - 2026
• Experience in software testing and automated scripting
• Demonstrable experience solving difficult QA problems (scalability, reliability, reporting, parallelization, etc)
• Passionate about troubleshooting failures to determine root cause
• Experience in designing automation frameworks and developing test automation software
• Comfortable with Linux environments and hardware-based testing setups
• Experience with one or more scripting languages such as Ruby, Python, Perl or Bash

Benefits

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental and vision plans with $0 payroll contribution option
• Company Paid HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick time after 90 days of employment and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program