Tesla · 1 month ago
Internship, Safety Engineer, Vehicle Engineering (Summer 2026)
Fremont, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$20/hr - $50/hr
Start in 2026 SpringTesla is a leading electric vehicle manufacturer dedicated to redefining safety in electric vehicles and workplaces. The Safety Engineer Internship involves working on innovative safety systems and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance vehicle safety features and design components for seat belt systems.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleEnergyManufacturingRenewable EnergyTransportation
Responsibilities
Your application will be considered across all opportunities for the teams listed below:
Safety Team: Innovation at the Wheel Internship:
Tesla's Safety Team is a dynamic group dedicated to redefining safety in electric vehicles and workplaces. They integrate cutting-edge technology, like AI-driven Autopilot features and real-time data analytics from Tesla’s global fleet, to enhance collision avoidance, structural integrity, and crashworthiness. The team collaborates across engineering, software, and design to set new industry benchmarks, earning top NHTSA and Euro NCAP ratings. Their work extends to manufacturing safety, ensuring Tesla’s Gigafactories adhere to rigorous standards, and cybersecurity, protecting vehicles from emerging threats
Joining Tesla’s Safety Team means tackling high-impact challenges at the intersection of innovation and mission-driven purpose. The culture fosters collaboration with industry-leading experts, offering opportunities to shape the future of transportation while working on visible, real-world solutions. At Tesla, safety isn’t just a goal—it’s a legacy in the making, powered by passion and cutting-edge tech
Occupant Safety and Restraints Internship:
As a Mechanical Engineering Intern on the Occupant Safety and Restraints team, you will be responsible for the design, release, and launch of seat belt system components for current and future vehicle platforms. You will work under the mentorship of an experienced design engineer and report to the Engineering Manager of Occupant Safety and Seat Belt Restraints. The team is small and specialized, and the ideal candidate is driven with a passion to learn, takes on challenges independently, and has strong ethical decision making who will make decision that put the customer first, helping produce the safest vehicles in the world
This role offers an opportunity to be involved in the full design cycle of high-volume seat belt components including conceptualization, detailed CAD design, testing, manufacturing, and implementation. In this role you will work collaboratively alongside different vehicle design teams including interiors, body, firmware, manufacturing etc. to integrate your components into the final product. The role tasks change based on the needs of the team but will be heavily focused on mechanical design and CAD work with additional support required for testing, R&D projects, hands-on prototyping projects, and electro-mechanical system integration tasks
Safety and Restraints Internship:
This position will work as a member of the Safety and Restraints team with the primary objective of supporting the design and implementation of passive safety systems in new vehicles. The successful candidate for this position must have a strong engineering fundamentals background, preferably with a strength in passive safety, data acquisition and/or data analysis
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or a related field
Experience in 3Dx or Catia V5, Python, LS-DYNA
Experience with data acquisition equipment, accelerometers, pressure transducers, system design, and biomechanics
Prior CAD part and assembly design experience through work or personal projects
Previous experience in safety
Experience in basic coding using Arduino etc., motor control projects are of specific interest
Experience with data acquisition equipment, accelerometers, pressure transducers, system design, and biomechanics
Prior internship or work experience with product design and/or automotive engineering
Fundamental knowledge of manufacturing technologies and material selection
Working knowledge of Design for Manufacturing, including familiarity with GD&T and dimensional engineering
Previous hands-on experience with tools and machine shop equipment
Previous electronics and electro-mechanical design including wiring, soldering, etc
Graphing experience using programs such as Hyperworks/Hypergraph
Strong mechanical aptitude, ability to work with other teams to balance competing constraints/requirements, is passionate about system level design and passive safety
Benefits
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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
Societe GeneraleEuropean UnionPennDOT
2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
2023-08-15Grant· $0.23M
Leadership Team
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
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