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Palo Alto, CA

Internship, Integration Platforms Software Developer, Vehicle Firmware (Winter/Spring 2026)

Internship
Technology & Digital
Software engineering
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Tesla

Electric vehicles and clean-energy company
67.9
Palpable Score
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About the team:

The Integration Platforms team develops technology to support our ever-expanding customer fleet from prototype to production. A member of this team will build technology that interfaces with our vehicles in a variety of ways.  

Examples of products we’ve shipped include:  

What You’ll Do

As a Software Development Engineer Intern on this team is expected to go deep on multiple domains of product development, including:  

What You’ll Bring

About the company

Tesla

Company overview
Tesla builds electric vehicles and sells related software and services, including driver-assistance features and connected-car updates. Tesla also operates an energy business selling battery storage products and solar, and runs a large charging network. Tesla sells to consumers and businesses directly, with a growing footprint of service, delivery, and retail locations. Tesla’s operations span engineering, manufacturing, and field service at scale.

Locations and presence

Tesla’s corporate headquarters is in Austin, Texas, at Gigafactory Texas, and Tesla also lists an engineering headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Tesla has major manufacturing and operational sites across the US and internationally, alongside a wide network of service centers and delivery locations.

Palpable Score

67.9
/ 100
Tesla offers strong early-career access through high-volume internships and a clear non-degree pathway into technician roles via Tesla START, but the candidate experience can be unpredictable because the company openly warns that not every applicant will be contacted. Pay transparency is a bright spot because many Tesla postings include expected compensation ranges and stock language, while 2024 restructuring and layoffs raise stability questions for new hires in some orgs. Public outcomes data for interns and new grads, like conversion rates and early retention, is still mostly missing, which caps the score.
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