Tesla
Posted 8 days ago
Brief overview
Palo Alto, CAIn-person
UndergradIn progress or completed
$100,000 - $150,000/yrStated salary range
4,582 H-1B visa approvals on recordVerified U.S. Department of Labor sponsorship history
734 green card filings certifiedCompany has a verified history of sponsoring permanent residency
C++ programming
Python
Machine learning concepts and fundamentals
Quantization
MLIR
CUDA
LLMs (Large Language Models)
Compiler development
Neural network optimization
High performance computing
Debugging on massively-parallel systems
Teslatesla.com
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
4,582H-1B approved
98%approval rate
734PERM certified
4years sponsoring
1,700 new H-1B hiresActively sponsoring new employees, not just renewals
Median sponsored wage: $151,295/yrBased on Labor Condition Application filings
Top sponsored rolesSr Software Development Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineer, Software Development Engineer, Staff Software Development Engineer, Process Engineer
Sponsored employees fromIndia, China, Canada, Mexico, France
Most recent filing: FY2026Latest fiscal year with government sponsorship activity
Summary
Tesla is a leading company in the automotive and AI sectors, seeking an intern for the Software Compiler Engineer role focused on AI Inference. In this position, you will work on the AI inference stack and collaborate with engineers to enhance compiler performance for neural networks used in Tesla vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of parts of AI Inference stack (Export/Compiler/Runtime) (flexible, based on skills/interests/needs)
- Closely collaborate with AI team to guide them on the design and the development of Neural Networks into production
- Collaborate with HW team to understand current HW architecture and propose future improvements
- Develop algorithms to improve performance and reduce compiler overhead
- Debug functional and performance issues on massively-parallel systems
- Work on architecture-specific neural network optimization algorithms for high performance computing
Skills
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field of study with a graduation date between December 2026 - August 2027
- Strong C++ programming skills and familiarity with Python
- Solid understanding of machine learning concepts and fundamentals
- Capable of delivering results with minimal oversight
- Experience with quantization, MLIR, CUDA, and LLMs is a huge plus
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field of study with a graduation date between December 2026 - August 2027
- Strong C++ programming skills and familiarity with Python
- Solid understanding of machine learning concepts and fundamentals
- Capable of delivering results with minimal oversight
Nice to Haves
- Experience with quantization, MLIR, CUDA, and LLMs is a huge plus
Benefits
- 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