Audio Engineering Internship (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

Job Description:

Location: Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Duration: 6 months
Start date: May 2023
Time type: Full time
Tesla's audio team develops the sound systems for our vehicles in-house. We work closely with component suppliers to ensure high quality products, and we strive for the best sound system performance of any car.
Interns within Audio Engineering will support the development, production, and testing of current and future audio system designs for our vehicles. Your scope of work will be a combination of mechanical, electrical, design, and software projects depending on team requirements, challenging you to come up with creative solutions to affect rigorous quality and cost-down targets. Additionally, you will work collaboratively with cross-functional partners, and suppliers.

* Support the product development of speakers, microphones, amplifiers, and other audio system products
* Gain a knowledge of our components and audio systems, relative to a vehicle environment and integration
* Work with suppliers on design, development, manufacturing processes and validation of audio products
* Collaborating - Participate in cross-functional discussions with mechanical, electrical, DSP, NVH, QA, program management, and manufacturing
* Simulations - Support simulations of acoustic components, systems, and environments
* Prototyping - Support early acoustic prototype development to de-risk new technologies
* Validation - Generate a test plan that includes milestones that focus on de-risking product and/or feature deployment and align with the program timeline
* Characterization - ensure the hardware meets required design criteria across a host of environments and regulations while collaborating with the reliability, test and homologation teams
* Debugging - Optimize the system designs including DSP, amplifier, speaker, microphone, and acoustic environment

Candidate Requirements:

* Currently working towards a degree in a relevant engineering program such as Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Physics
* A Passion for audio, self-motivation, and a desire to work in fast paced environment
* Technical experience in audio products
* Previous exposure to CAD an advantage
* Hands-on experience in measurements of acoustic components and audio electronics
* Strong problem-solving & debugging skills
* Exceptional organization and communication skills (both written and verbal)
* Experience in MATLAB, Python, C/C++ or equivalent tools for modeling and analysis an advantage
* Good written and oral English communication skills