What to Expect
Location: Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Duration: 6 Months
Time Type: Full-Time
Start Date: September 2026
The internship assignment:
The Waste Management team at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg is responsible for the safe, efficient, and sustainable handling of all production and packaging waste across the factory. As an Intern, you will directly support the team's day-to-day work, keeping shopfloor waste flows running during factory ramp-up and aligning across shops, logistics, packaging, industrial engineering, and external service providers to ensure smooth and efficient waste management.
What You'll Do-
Support the Waste Management team in daily shopfloor operations across all shops and associated waste areas.
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Help ensure waste sorting, handling, transport, and outbound flows keep pace with factory ramp-up at peak efficiency.
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Conduct time studies to benchmark waste processes.
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Analyze the waste impact of packaging changes and model additional volume, space, manpower, and cost demand.
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Support operation of the waste ticketing system, including dispatch and follow-up.
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Maintain and improve weekly waste reporting and consolidate disposal-tracking data.
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Prepare visual materials (site walks, photos, sketches, before/after) documenting waste-area issues and improvements.
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Currently enrolled Bachelor's or Master's student in Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, or Sustainability Management.
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First practical experience in production, logistics, or waste/circular-economy environments is a plus.
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Basic understanding of manufacturing operations, packaging materials, and waste streams.
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Confident with Excel (data cleaning, pivots, basic modeling) and PowerPoint; SQL/Python is a plus.
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Fluency in English (German is a plus)
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Hands-on mentality — comfortable on the shopfloor, joining walkdowns, and solving problems where they happen.
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Strong teamwork, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
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Structured, self-driven, and pragmatic in a fast-changing ramp-up environment.
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Candidates are expected to uphold and actively promote sustainability principles in their daily work, operating in line with Tesla Global Environmental, Health, Safety & Security (EHS&S) Policy and EMAS requirements, fostering a culture of continuous environmental improvement.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
