Information Technology - Infrastructure Internship (Fall 2020)

The University 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 are dedicated to providing an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Tesla by given them projects that are critical to their team’s success. Instead of going on coffee runs and making copies, you’ll be seated at the table making critical decisions that will influence not only your team, but the overall achievement of Tesla’s mission.

Fremont, CA

Palo Alto, CA

Reno, NV

As an intern you will partner with experienced IT infrastructure and automation engineers to help design, build, and manage the underlying infrastructure that runs various services for all business units.

Core Infrastructure Team:

Is responsible for designing, provisioning & managing core systems, data center & load balancing infrastructure 24/7/365 for all business units in Tesla globally. This includes both R&D and

Production infrastructure. Members of this team are also known as platform engineers. Most of them when they joined the team had a particular skill set but over time have developed capabilities to resolve complex infrastructure issue sometimes working on multitude of technologies simultaneously to stand up next gen infrastructure for running suite of advance commercial and home grown applications.

IT Database Platform:

Is responsible to architect, design and deliver globally scalable Database platform that can support self-service by internal customers. Process includes provisioning via automation including operational aspects such as backup, monitoring, and supporting on boarded Applications for tuning, DB refreshes via automation and provide consultancy as needed.

Engineering IT:

Is responsible for support and administration of Engineering and R&D Infrastructure that include Virtual and Physical System deployments, DevOps Tools and framework, Configuration Management, Contiguous Integration and Deployment pipelines.

IT Network:

Is responsible to act as primary support contact for network operations support issues and requests at Tesla data centers, HQ locations, retail stores, and factories worldwide. They are also responsible to ensure they maintain up to date knowledge of new locations, hardware, topologies, and configurations deployed by the Network build team and Retail IT team in order to effectively support Tesla’s network operations.

Specific project assignments and required technical aptitude will vary based on the needs of the

individual hiring team.