Internship, Technical Editor, Service Engineering (Spring 2027) Tesla Motors, Inc. 23

• 32 USD paid holidays, flex time, 401(k) United States, California, Palo Alto Aug 31, 2026
  What to Expect This position is expected to begin in January 2027 and continue through April 2027.

Internships at Tesla are full-time, onsite roles that last a minimum of 12 weeks.

International Students:

If your work authorization is via CPT, consult your school regarding your ability to work 40 hours per week before applying. You must be able to work 40 hours per week onsite. Many students will be limited to part-time during the academic year. About the Team Tesla Inc. is seeking a Content Editor to join our Diagnostic Content team in Palo Alto, CA. You will be the bridge between Tesla engineering and the global service network

• partnering with engineers, quality teams, and product support specialists across three regions to make the information technicians need to keep vehicles on the road clear, accurate, and accessible.

The content you author and edit lives in our diagnostic knowledge base, in vehicle firmware, and in customer-facing service documentation, and supports everything from hands-on troubleshooting to regulatory disclosure obligations. Tesla is a fast-paced working environment that celebrates highly motivated individuals. We believe in working fast, learning from our failures, and making it better next time. Our team is full of people with deep technical understanding, excellent communication skills, and time management prowess. If you have a love of learning something new every day and can clearly communicate what you learn to audiences with various levels of technical knowledge, then you will fit right in. The work that you do will create changes in current and future production vehicles and help transition the automotive industry to a revolutionary approach to vehicle service. What You'll Do

Partner with engineering, quality, and product support teams to create and update diagnostic content for use by non-engineers

• including technicians, third-party repair shops, and customers
  Edit and author across multiple content surfaces, including the diagnostic knowledge base, firmware metadata (alerts, signals, diagnostic routines, user-facing text), Theory of Operation documentation, and customer-facing alert content
  Apply AI tools and editorial automation to scale review and authoring throughput, and contribute to the team's growing library of LLM-assisted workflows
  Validate technical accuracy through structured routing and review workflows, including pull request approvals for content stored in version control
  Enforce and evolve organization-wide style standards, including the externalization standards that govern which content is shared with third parties
  Organize content for discoverability and diagnostic flow•including managing categorization, taxonomies, and the causal relationships between articles that drive guided troubleshooting
  Support content localization across multiple regions
  Manage tasks and information flow using collaboration software such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub What You'll Bring
  Bachelor's Degree in English, Rhetoric and Composition, Technical / Professional Writing, Journalism, Communications, or relevant working experience
  2-5 years of working experience in a related field
  Demonstrated experience using AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or comparable LLMs) to draft, edit, or review content•and a willingness to develop, test, and refine prompt-driven editorial workflows for the team
  Ability to edit and create documentation that is accurate, complete, clear, specific, and as concise as possible
  Ability to explain technical concepts to peers, people from various parts of the organization, non-technical people, and third-party consumers
  Can extract and comprehend system operation from typical engineering documentation from both a software and mechanical perspective (e.

g., schematics, subsystem specification documents, and source-controlled metadata)

Comfortable working in a docs-as-code environment

• editing Markdown or structured content in version control, opening and reviewing pull requests, and merging through approval workflows
  Excellent analytical, attention-to-detail, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills
  Elevated level of interpersonal communication skills
  Strong capacity for both logical and creative thinking
  Must be organized, detail-oriented, and able to multi-task and evaluate priorities
  Self-directed and able to work independently with minimal supervision
  Experience with docs-as-code tooling: Git, Markdown, MkDocs, or comparable static site generators
  Familiarity with SQL or data visualization platforms (such as Superset or Tableau) for monitoring content health and prioritizing review work
  Experience with Python for editorial automation or scripting
  Familiarity with structured authoring formats (HTML, XML, DITA, JSON)
  Previous work experience with vehicle diagnostics, vehicle maintenance, or troubleshooting manuals
  Experience supporting content localization or partnering with translation teams
  Benefits As a full-time Tesla Intern, you will be eligible for: Medical plans > 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 (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$22.84

• $31.

97 + 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.