Internship, Technical Program Manager, Virtual Power Plants, Residential Energy (Fall 2025)

What To Expect
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Internship Program at Tesla

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We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Technical Program Manager intern to support our efforts in driving virtual power plant adoption using Tesla’s grid services cloud platform and our suite of residential products, including Powerwall and EV charging. This exciting position will support some of the most innovative work happening in the energy transition. This position reports to the Staff Technical Program Manager for Virtual Power Plants (VPP), Residential Energy. An ideal candidate will possess a mix of interpersonal and technical skills, be highly organized and have a detail-oriented mindset along with a passion for launching new technologies with an unparalleled ability to bring people together as a single team with a single goal.

As a Technical Program Manager intern for VPPs, you will be responsible for launching programs that allow Tesla product owners to earn money with the power they share to the grid. You will launch new programs from initial design to go-live, collaborating across internal and external stakeholders and executing various technical tasks with minimal supervision. This position is highly entrepreneurial and the candidate will be expected to not only execute on assigned duties, but to also design and document new business processes and to drive further innovation to drive scalable solutions that deliver best-in-class customer experience.

What You'll Do

Manage a portfolio of VPP programs, acting as primary point-of-contact for each program

Lead new program launches from initial design to go-live, validating key milestones are achieved punctually, resolving bottlenecks, and communicating risks to relevant stakeholders

Support external partners who operate VPPs with Tesla Products, advocating standard scalable solutions, answering technical questions, and ensuring issues are addressed and resolved in a timely manner

Be an expert on the technical tools leveraged for VPP residential energy products, including Powerwall, and understand their benefits and limitations sufficient to communicate to partners and utility stakeholders

Document operation procedures and program details, supporting the longevity of the business and providing updates to senior management on partner performance, and project status

Identify product improvements that increase scale, improve operational efficiency, and provide better experiences for customers and partners

You will coordinate collaboration between business development, product, engineering, support, external partners and utility stakeholders to ensure our team’s goals are aligned with company priorities

What You'll Bring

Ability to learn practical technical skills quickly, being able to leverage them to perform daily tasks including but not limited to: create/manage tickets in JIRA, run SQL Queries on databases, executing scripts, submitting Github Pull Requests, and linux command lines

Comfortable managing multiple projects with a high degree of complexity

Excellent communication and presentation abilities to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders, including engineers, operations/support, business, partners, and utility stakeholders

Be able to have discussions with Product and Engineering teams, beyond your own technical expertise, sufficient to understand expected behavior of complex solutions, and propose new features that can be implemented with least overall effort

Strong interest in energy industry, including utility operations, grid management, and renewable energy integration

Ability to think strategically and creatively to identify opportunities and overcome challenges in the VPP adoption space

Experience with software, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and power utilities is a strong plus, but not required for candidates who are quick learners

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

$29.00 - $42.00/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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