Creative Digital Artist Internship
What to Expect
Disclaimer: This position is expected to start around May 2023 and continue through the entire Summer term (i.e., through August/September) or into early Fall 2023 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time, for most internships. Please consider before applying. International Students: If your work authorization is through CPT, please consult your school on your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. Again, please do not apply until you know you can work 40 hours per week. This is required for external applicants. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year.
Internship Program at Tesla
The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year around program places the best students in positions that they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We provide an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by given them projects that are critical to their team’s success.
About the Team
As a member of the Visualization Team, you will be responsible for the design and creation of pre-rendered and real-time photorealistic automotive and product imagery, animations, digital assets and environments. Your work has the potential to be seen on a global scale, helping influence people and communities to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
What You’ll Do
- Rendering high quality, photorealistic advertising content.
- Art direction and collaboration with leadership to create visually stunning imagery.
- Creation of realistic and fictitious digital assets and virtual environments.
- Optimization of CAD data and assets.
- Environmental atmospheric and lighting setups.
- Material/texture generation and virtual material prototyping (PBR pipeline).
What You’ll Bring
- Great portfolio displaying your passion as a Digital Artist.
- Artistic and technical knowledge in Unreal Engine.
- Basic level knowledge in Animations/Films/Cinematography/Photography.
- Basic level knowledge of PBR based workflows.
- Willingness to learn, think innovatively and display initiative.
- A passion for learning new tools/techniques and open to exchanging knowledge.
- Ability to understand color, visual compositions and lighting.
- Accustomed to going above and beyond whilst working within tight deadline.
- Excellent communicator, team player, resourceful and organized.
- Highly motivated and proactive.
Preferred
- Knowledge of traditional 2D/3D software (e.g. Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Zbrush, Photoshop).
- Character rigging/animation.
- Photogrammetry knowledge.