Internship, Industrial Machine Vision Software Development Engineer, Cell Engineering (Fall 2025)

What To Expect
Consider before submitting an application:

This position is expected to start August/September 2025 and continue through the entire Fall term (i.e. through approx December 2025) or into Winter/Spring 2026 if available. We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time and on-site, for most internships.

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Actively participate in the development of the Tesla industrial machine vision software. The intern will work ondeveloping new features for this highly optimized Tesla built software used on the cell manufacturing production lines. This software must efficiently grab, analyze, and save images of cells in milliseconds, 24/7. On top of fixing bugs and adding new features, the intern will be tasked with optimizing certain vision inspections.

Location: Fremont, CA or Austin, TX

What You'll Do

Build high-speed PLC communication interfaces

Build modern UIs in WPF

Build software automation tools

Fix production critical bugs

Optimize machine vision algorithms

Build new camera communication interfaces

What You'll Bring

Pursuing a Degree in a relevant program such as Software Engineering or related field

C#/.NET proficiency

Experience with software development: GitHub, Jira

Industrial machine vision experience highly valued (especially with the MVTec Halcon library)

Experience working with industrial machine vision cameras

Experience coding hardware communication interfaces

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

Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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

Employee Assistance Program

Sick time after 90 days of employment 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/hour + 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.

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