Professional Engineering Trainee, PEAK Program, Model 3 (Summer 2026)

The
PEAK (Professional Engineering Accelerated Knowledge) Program provides
early career engineers with the opportunity to develop
their engineering skills in a challenging, fast-paced, and impactful
manufacturing engineering role onsite at Tesla’s Fremont,
California facility. Throughout the program, you will
develop either process, equipment, or controls engineering
skills to optimize & sustain our highly advanced manufacturing
production lines for producing our vehicle and robotics products. You will embark
on a transformative journey to make a real difference and elevate your
engineering abilities.

Structure of the PEAK
Program: The 6-month program will consist of the following components:
Instructor-Led Training (ILT), Online Training (OLT), On-the-Job Training
(OJT), and engineering projects.  The training curriculum is based
upon being a Process Engineer,  Equipment Engineer, or Controls
Engineer on our Model 3 Manufacturing team.

The PEAK program does
not align you with a specialized occupation since you will be in a training
program. Due to this, you will not be eligible for the
H1B lottery, while you are in the program.

- Learn Engineering Principles: Analyze and refine
production processes to ensure safety while maximizing Overall Equipment
Effectiveness (OEE) in cost effective means while driving to achieve
quality levels aligned with Six Sigma (6σ) principles, development of
manufacturing requirements, quality standards and product quality plans to
assure product will meet expectations of our target customer

- Support development of manufacturing processes,
equipment, controls and test plans to address
risks identified through FMEA

- Manage and facilitate identifying the
root cause & corrective actions of issues through brainstorming, use
of lean methodologies, hypothesis testings, design of experiments,
etc.

- Troubleshoot and optimize Tesla’s
world-class manufacturing equipment through a variety of hands-on learning
surrounding automation, including but not limited to Robotics, and PLC
programming labs

- Execute Engineering Projects: Using advanced
project management and statistical techniques taught in this program, you
will bring significant impact to your engineering team and present your
results to factory leadership

- Include resume with graduation year for fulltime
availability (Must be available to start work onsite at Tesla
Fremont, California, in May to September 2026)

- Three examples of exceptional engineering
ability from university projects, internships, work experience, hobbyist
experience, or equivalent (Application will have a section for you to
include this)

- Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience

- Previous internship in a manufacturing
and/or industrial automation environment, 6+ months experience
preferred

- Ability to work onsite at Fremont, California
facility in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment, ability to stand and walk for
up to 12 hours/day, including over varied and uneven terrain

- Exemplary verbal and written communication
skills

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

- Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
- Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Expected Compensation $71,120 - $106,680/annual salary + cash and stock awards + 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.