What to Expect

The Role

As a Mechanical Engineer Intern on Tesla’s Service Tooling Engineering team you will be responsible for specifying, designing, and validating all tools and equipment used to service Tesla electric vehicles world-wide. You will work with internal customers to identify and develop practical solutions to enable fast, seamless, and revolutionary service. The ideal candidate is someone who gets excited solving a variety of problems, competent building things, highly analytical, and sees the big picture needed to evolve a concept into a product. The ideal candidate is a hybrid of a mechanical, electrical, and software engineer and possesses a strong understanding of manufacturing concepts. Joining this team is a rare opportunity to become part of a world-class organization, supporting the latest EV technology. We are setting the standard that will continue to transform and revolutionize the automotive industry.

What You’ll Do

·Interact with teams of engineers and technicians working in other disciplines and on other subsystems to define the root cause of issue being addressed.

· Convert tooling requirements and specifications from engineers and technicians into actionable procurement items while keeping in mind safety, cost minimization and timing urgency.

· Design automotive technician tooling for large scale distribution.

· Develop a concept and build a prototype solution.

· Perform tooling validation with engineers and technicians.

· Create tooling drawings and specifications in line with common industry practices.

· Support process development.

· Work closely with designated Tesla tooling distributors to define off-the-shelf tooling selection, implementation, and maintain tracking.

· We are seeking a strong learner who can quickly ramp up and get a firm grasp of compliance regulations.

What You’ll Bring

· Evidence of exceptional ability required

· B.S in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related engineering field from ABET accredited program

· Experience in mechanical design and drafting preferred

· Strong 3D CAD experience, CATIA a plus

· GD&T experience preferred

· FEA experience preferred

· Tooling and/or equipment design experience preferred

· Hands on experience building mechanical and/or electrical systems

· Automotive, Aerospace, or heavy equipment industry experience a plus

· Familiarity with Regulatory compliance is a plus- (OSHA, CE, CCC, ASME related standards)

· Machine shop and fabrication experience preferred

· Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills

· Proven ability to research information, solve challenging problems, and coordinate projects under tight timing