Optimus Powertrain Internship

What to Expect

Time Type: Full Time

Start Date: Fall 2026

Duraion: 4-6 months

Join the Tesla Optimus team and help build the future of general-purpose humanoid robotics. During your internship with the Optimus Powertrain Design team in Athens, you will develop models of Optimus powertrain performance and use data to inform actuator and system design.

What You’ll Do

• Develop advanced MATLAB functions to model Optimus powertrain performance, contributing to a multi-physics modeling codebase.
• Validate models against real-world data, quantify the error, identify potential causes and make model improvements to reduce it
• Perform design optimization studies for Optimus powertrains.
• Process big data, extract useful system-level information to aid powertrain design, and visualize the results.

What You’ll Bring

• Ongoing Engineering studies (preferably at last year of studies)
• Strong programming skills (Python a/o MATLAB)
• Strong mathematical and physics background
• Understanding of optimization fundamentals
• Fluency in English

• Understanding of algorithmic techniques and data structures
• Understanding of electromagnetics and electric motor design
• Understanding of mechanical modeling of motion transformation systems