Cell Mechanical Design Engineering Internship
Job Description
- Lithium-ion battery experience
- Programming skills for data analysis
- Experience with foils, stamped parts, or coatings
- BS in Mechanical or Materials Engineering
- Strong mechanics, thermodynamics knowledge
- Proficient in CAD software (CATIA preferred)
- Prototyping, testing, and analysis skills
- Problem-solving and root-cause analysis
Location: Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Duration: 6 months
Time type: Full-time
Start date: March / April 2025
The internship assignment:
As a Cell Mechanical Design Engineering Intern, you will develop paradigm-shifting battery cells— the heart of every Tesla product— and the biggest lever on affordable, abundant, and performant EVs for all.
Our team habitually defies convention and designs each component and the full cell to the limits of physics. You’ll align inputs from multiple disciplines (supply chain, electrochemistry design, manufacturing & quality engineering) to develop new cell products, set & validate to requirements, and launch into mass production. Your environment will include battle-proven industry experts, high-aptitude recent graduates, and open access to a wealth of domain leaders across every Tesla department.
We feel immense daily satisfaction surrounding ourselves with high-ownership, empathetic, truth-seeking, continuously learning, mission-oriented people— join us!
- Design new cell components and assemblies to outperform previous variants
- Own prototyping, basic testing and analysis (support advanced testing and analysis)
- Update existing specs and models with empirical data
- Perform laboratory tests and draw conclusions out of the results
- Design tools and jigs to improve component manufacturing and testing
- Conduct root-cause analysis of possible failure mechanisms and respond appropriately to resolve issues
- Understand the intricate multidisciplinary relations (trade-offs and synergies) in cell design engineering.
- Advance 3D/2D CAD modelling skills
- Learn how to organize technical work and effectively present it to multiple stakeholders
- Currently working towards a BS degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering or related field
- Good knowledge of English, both written and spoken.
- Strong knowledge of the fundamentals of Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Electricity.
- Well versed using CAD software, preferably CATIA
- Hands-on experience in student engineering competitions, thesis, previous internship, hobby etc.
- Genuine curiosity and willingness to learn new concepts and methods, design and execute experiments.
- Bonus points if you have: Previous work with internals of lithium-ion batteries, Programming skill for data analysis and/or Previous work with foils, stamped parts or coatings.
