Internship, Commercial Charging Product Management, Energy Engineering (Fall 2026)

Consider before submitting an application:

This position is expected to start August or September 2026 and continue through fall term (ending approximately December 2026 or later, if available). We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships. Our internship program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program. Recent graduates seeking employment after graduation and not returning to school should apply for full-time positions, not internships.

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Internship Program at Tesla

The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow technically, professionally, and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We provide an experience that allows the intern to experience life at Tesla by including them in projects that are critical to their team's success.

As a Hardware Product Management Intern, you will help define and commercialize Tesla's industrial energy hardware product offerings for Utility and Large Industrial clients.You will leverage your expertise to develop market and product requirements needed to deliver industry-leading industrial energy hardware products. You will also be a key member of a cross-functional Product Management team that supports the ongoing development of technical content for sales, service, and engineering teams for Tesla's industrial energy products.

Charging Product Management Internship

Bring impactful EV and Robot Charging solutions to the market. The Tesla Commercial Charging Product team is responsible for scoping and delivering the Software and Hardware roadmap for Supercharging, Commercial AC Charging and next gen charging products for the Robotaxi and Optimus Robot. In this role, you will take ownership of select Commercial Charging roadmap deliverables and be responsible for discovering customer pain points, writing the Product Requirements Document and working with cross-functional teams to launch the solution. You will work closely with engineering, design and business teams to make tradeoffs and report on outcomes to leadership.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

• Scope and document technical requirements for Commercial Charging products - Supercharger, AC Commercial Chargers & chargers for next gen Tesla products
• Prepare internal and external documents for product launch
• Organize/participate and lead internal demos of product features
• Work with Program and Product managers to track progress/highlight risks and help resolve them
• Collect primary and secondary customer research
• Analyze and derive actionable insights from tesla datasets
• Present business & engineering tradeoffs to leadership
• Currently pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering or related field
• Ability to communicate problem statement and tradeoffs clearly
• Background in energy or charging systems or UI design a plus
• User research or customer discovery analysis a plus
• Ability to query databases and pull together metrics and visualizations for analysis

Benefits

As a full-time Tesla Intern, you will be eligible for:

• 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

Expected Compensation

$20.00 - $50.00 + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.