Drive/Traction Inverter (Powertrain) Performance Modeling Internship

3 Months ago • Upto 1 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Tesla's traction inverter team seeks a performance modeling intern to enhance power electronics for their vehicles. Responsibilities include implementing power stage loss and thermal models in MATLAB/Simulink, collaborating with engineering teams to identify performance limits, leveraging the model for vehicle architecture initiatives, and maintaining/expanding model capabilities. The intern will contribute to critical projects, gaining valuable technical and personal growth within a collaborative engineering environment. This role requires experience with powertrain component/power converter modeling in MATLAB/Simulink, custom software development, and understanding of switching waveforms and thermal behavior of power components.
Must have:
  • MATLAB/Simulink experience
  • Powertrain component modeling
  • Custom software development
  • Understanding of switching waveforms and thermal behavior
Good to have:
  • Knowledge of electric machines, thermal and mechanical design
  • Basic control theory and embedded programming
  • Git/Github experience

Job Details

What to Expect

Tesla’s traction inverter team is looking for a skilled and motivated performance modeling student to push the power electronics propelling our vehicles to the next level. The team leverages a parametric inverter performance model, and you will develop it, maintain it, and use it to run trade-off studies, facilitate multi-objective optimization, and communicate performance expectations and requirements. It will allow the intern to grow technically and personally while experiencing life at Tesla with projects that are critical to their team’s success. It's an exciting work environment with plenty of engineering resources and bright colleagues to collaborate with.​

What You’ll Do
  • Implement (MATLAB/Simulink) power stage loss and thermal models for traction inverter applications
  • Collaborate with mechanical, thermal, PCBA, and firmware engineering teams to identify the limits of traction inverter performance
  • Leverage the traction inverter model to produce repeatable and dependable results to drive vehicle architecture initiatives and roadmaps
  • Maintain and grow organically the capabilities of the model - software architecture
What You’ll Bring
  • BSc or higher degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Experience with powertrain component and/or power converter modelling in MATLAB/Simulink
  • Experience working with, developing, and maintaining custom software source code
  • Good understanding of switching waveforms, semiconductor losses and thermal behavior of power components

Additional Preferred Skills​

  • Knowledge of electric machines, thermal design, and mechanical design
  • Knowledge of basic control theory and experience with embedded programming
  • Experience with Git/Github.

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