PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced power trains, provides financial services and information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.
The PACCAR Silicon Valley Innovation Center, located in Sunnyvale, California, focuses on advancing emerging technologies for all of PACCAR’s businesses. Our office is spacious and modern, with a private work café, high ceilings, and several truck bays. See it here: https://paccarinnovation.com/ If you are passionate about transportation and technology—including autonomy, advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS), data analytics, electrification, and connectivity—PACCAR is the place for you. Let’s get started!
Silicon Valley Innovation Center has an opening for an Advanced Mobility Tech Engineering Intern to add to our Silicon Valley team in Sunnyvale, California. This is a high-visibility and high-impact internship within PACCAR. Output from this internship will culminate in presentations to PACCAR senior leadership and be used to inform future product and business decisions. Because we are an innovation center, we are able to move quickly and try a lot of different approaches. In addition, we’ve built strong relationships with PACCAR groups around the world, which provides nice opportunities for collaboration and learning. If you are the right candidate, it would position you well to pursue highly technical roles specially in transportation industry.
This internship is for 10- to 12-week, full-time, and exclusively in-person activity. Specific start and end dates are flexible. The internship will be at our Silicon Valley office in Sunnyvale, California.
This position will be working on various projects and reports to include but not limited to:
The candidate we seek will be currently enrolled in a Graduate degree program in one of the following disciplines: Engineering (electrical, software, or mechanical), Computer Science, or a related program.
The skills that are important to be successful in this position are as follows:
As a U.S. PACCAR intern, you have a full range of benefit options including:
PACCAR is an E-Verify & Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability corporation. Peterbilt promotes Diversity and Inclusion through mentorship, events, and affinity support groups – The Diversity Council, Peterbilt Women’s Initiative (PBWIN), Veterans Group, Peterbilt Black Organization for Leadership and Development (B.O.L.D) and ADVOCATE (An LGBTQ support group).
The salary range for our intern positions is as follows:
PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR also designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services, information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.
Kenworth Truck Company builds premium commercial vehicles for sale in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australia and for export throughout the world. Peterbilt Motors also designs, manufactures and distributes premium commercial vehicles in the US and Canada. DAF Trucks manufactures trucks in the Netherlands, Belgium, Brasil and the United Kingdom for sale throughout Western and Eastern Europe, and export to Asia, Africa, North and South America.
PACCAR Parts operates a network of parts distribution centers offering aftermarket support to Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF dealers and customers around the world. Aftermarket support includes customer call centers operating 24 hours a day throughout the year and technologically advanced systems to enhance inventory control and expedite order processing.
PACCAR Financial Services provides finance, lease and insurance services to dealers and customers in more than 100 countries including a portfolio of more than 175,000 trucks and trailers and total assets in excess of $12 billion. The group includes PACCAR Leasing, a major full-service truck leasing company in North America, with a fleet of over 39,000 vehicles.
Environmental responsibility is one of PACCAR’s core values. The company regularly develops new programs to help protect and preserve the environment and PACCAR has established ambitious goals to further reduce emissions and enhance fuel efficiency in its truck models.
