Vehicle Software Validation Engineer Internship, Diagnostic Tools

**What To Expect** Start Date: February 2027 Location: Amsterdam Duration: 6 months Fulltime position (40 hours a week) NOTE: YOU MUST BE ENROLLED IN EDUCATION DURING THE ENTIRE INTERNSHIP TO BE CONSIDERED. Service Engineering is part of Tesla’s Vehicle Software organization. We build the tools that help technicians find the right information and diagnose any Tesla vehicle or robot fast, so they can repair it right the first time. Our tools also help customers with their own service activities. This lowers the cost of ownership, a direct benefit to every Tesla owner. You will work alongside bright engineers on complex problems, using the latest technologies. Expect high standards, strong coaching and fast growth to supercharge your career. We are looking for top talent. In this role, you will support our validation engineers and help improve the automated validation pipeline for our service diagnostic and repair tools (example: https://service.tesla.com/service-mode). You will learn how vehicle alerts, routines and diagnostic systems work, and how we test new features on engineering vehicles before they reach the fleet. **How we work with SI** : we use it to brainstorm, trial ideas and generate code, and we encourage you to do the same. But you stay in charge: verify the output, think critically and pay attention to detail. We are especially interested in your portfolio and personal projects. In your CV, show what you built and achieved yourself, alone or in a team. **Internship Program** Through internships with Tesla Vehicle Software, you grow your skills on complex real-world engineering problems, guided by an assigned mentor. The internship is part of your degree program, and you stay enrolled at your university for its full duration. We work with your university to support your academic requirements. **What You'll Do**- Learn how vehicle alerts, routines and diagnostic systems work, and support validation reviews before software releases - Help design and run test plans for new features, on engineering vehicles and test hardware - Automate regression tests that check the stability of core functions - Build metrics and dashboards to monitor the performance of our service tools - Report issues and work with developers to investigate and fix them **What You'll Bring**- Enrolled in Computer Science, Engineering or related study - Experience with at least one of: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, Rust - Interest in software testing, with some test automation or scripting experience from studies or personal projects - Comfortable with Linux and the command line - Hands-on use of AI coding tools, with a critical eye - Curious, proactive and rigorous, with a passion for troubleshooting - Level C1 in English (spoken and written) - Nice to have: experience with dashboards, monitoring or observability , Tesla