Careers in Automotive

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in automotive? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Automotive

RelayRides - RelayRides is a San Francisco, CA based company that connects “vehicle owners whose cars would otherwise be idle with people who need a car.”

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Job Title	Location
Product Manager Intern	San Francisco, CA
User Experience Design Intern	San Francisco, CA
NYC Start-up Marketing/Business Development Intern	New York, NY
Brand Copywriter	San Francisco, CA
Community & Social Media Manager	San Francisco, CA

See all 13 job postings

Edmunds - Edmunds is a Santa Monica, CA based company was has become “one of the most beloved and well-known automotive resources of the 21st century.”

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Job Title	Location
Sales Engineer, San Francisco Bay Area	San Mateo, CA
Marketing Campaign Manager	San Mateo, CA
Front End Architect	San Mateo, CA
Principal Engineer, Distributed Systems	San Mateo, CA
GIS Analyst - St. Johns River Water Management District	Palatka, FL

See all 132 job postings

TrueCar - TrueCar is a Santa Monica, CA based company that offers “hassle-free car-buying experience from a nationwide network of certified dealers.”

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Job Title	Location
Analytics Intern	Santa Monica, CA
Automotive Business Development Representative	San Jose, CA
Executive Assistant	San Francisco, CA
Human Resources Generalist	Austin, TX
Collections Analyst	Santa Monica, CA

See all 41 job postings

LoJack - LoJack is a Canton, MA based company that offers “recovery systems for cars, trucks, motorcycles, equipment, cargo, and laptops.”

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Job Title	Location
12 Volt Automotive Electronic Installers - Management Openings	Long Island, NY
Software Developer	Richardson, TX
LoJack & 12Volt Installers Needed **********Will Train	Franklin Square, NY
Engineering Internship	Massachusetts
Field Technician (Olympia, WA)	Washington, DC

See all 47 job postings

Getaround - Getaround is a San Francisco, CA based company that changes the car ownership equation by offering a platform for peer-to-peer car sharing.

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Job Title	Location
Community Intern	San Francisco, CA
Inside Sales Associate	San Francisco, CA
Business Intelligence Analyst	San Francisco, CA
Product Manager	San Francisco, CA
Fleet Associate	Washington, DC

See all 24 job postings

Wheelz - Wheelz is a San Francisco, CA based company that offers peer-to-peer car sharing/renting. It's like AirBnB for cars.

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Job Title	Location
Advertising Sales Specialist	Florence, SC
Advertising Sales Specialist	Saginaw, MI

See all 2 job postings

BUMP - BUMP wants to create “the world’s largest communication, marketing, and safety network” by connecting people online through license plate numbers.

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Job Title	Location
Driver - Dedicated Team Truck Driver - Class A CDL	Dallas, TX
Driver - Dedicated Nissan Team Truck Driver - Class A CDL	Lebanon, TN
Driver - Dedicated Team Truck Driver - Walmart - Class A CDL	Murfreesboro, TN
Driver - Dedicated Team Truck Driver - Harley-Davidson - Class A CDL	York, PA
Press Brake-New Hope-2nd Shift	New Hope, MN

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Urban Science - Urban Science is a Detroit based company that helps auto manufactures manage dealership networks and improve marketing, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Teacher (3-4)	Brooklyn, NY
Founding Teacher (K-1) (North Carolina)	Brooklyn, NY
Teacher (K-2)	Brooklyn, NY
Sales Specialist- Pest Control Solutions- Southeast Texas & Louisiana Job	Raleigh, NC
Immediate Opening: Elementary Special Education Teacher	Brooklyn, NY

See all 2,638 job postings

Internet Brands - Internet Brands is based in El Segundo, CA and they manage web properties in a variety of verticals. They're hiring for a ton of jobs right now.

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Job Title	Location
Sales Specialist-All Lines	Brookings, SD
Executive Chef	Honolulu, HI
Sales Specialist	Bemidji, MN
Design Drafter	Youngstown, OH
Engineering Supervisor	Houston, TX

See all 13,448 job postings

Crain Communications - Crain Communications is a publisher that covers all kinds of different business niches, and they have some really exciting career opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Security Sales Engineer	New York, NY
DevOps Engineer	New York, NY
Customer Care Manager	Chicago, IL
Remodeling Foreman	Alexandria, LA
Techops/Devops REMOTE	San Francisco, CA

See all 203 job postings

National Hot Rod Association - If you think that hot rods are awesome and would consider working for the NHRA, check out their Jobs page.

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No current job openings.

Jaguar Land Rover - Jaguar doesn’t offer much information about their company or their careers on their website, but there is a bit of info on U.S. opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Manager of Inventory Control & Reverse Logistics	Cleveland, OH
Auto Tech / A & B Level Techs / Lube Tech - Sign On Bonus	Belle Plaine, MN
Automotive Technicians / All Level Auto Techs - SIGN ON BONUS	Rosenberg, TX
Auto Technicians / All Level Techs	Midland, TX
Auto Techs - A & B Level Technicians - Diesel Techs	Hurlock, MD

See all 162 job postings

Better Place - If you want to be part of the transition to sustainable transportation, then it’s time to take a look at Better Place’s jobs.

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Job Title	Location
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INTERNSHIP	Hershey, PA
Interactive Designer	Boulder, CO
Sales & Marketing Executive for Upscale Restaurant - Brand Ambassador	Santa Clara, CA
Account Executive	Phoenix, AZ
Principal Software Engineer (C#)	El Segundo, CA

See all 35,854 job postings

Exa - Obviously, Exa is looking for people with very specific types of knowledge, but they do offer some opportunities that could be appropriate for a new grad.

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Job Title	Location
Business Analyst 4-Ops	Seattle, WA
Application Engineer/Developer INTERN - Multiphase Flow - CA, USA	Brisbane, CA
Aeroacoustics Application Engineer Intern - CA, USA	Brisbane, CA
Executive Assistant	Redwood City, CA
Senior Physicist – Complex Fluids	Burlington, MA

See all 60 job postings

Nissan - Despite Nissan’s claim that they “have many exciting opportunities for recent undergrads,” I don’t see them posted. Here's what I was able to come up with.

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Job Title	Location
Tech 1 Mechanic	Hilliard, OH
Driver - Dedicated Nissan Team Truck Driver - Class A CDL	Lebanon, TN
Manufacturing Engineer	Marengo, IL
Automotive Service Technicians - Infiniti Exp Preferred	Westborough, MA
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering	Marengo, IL

See all 1,309 job postings

Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is just one venue, but it has to be one of the most storied sporting venues in the world, and you can work there.

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Job Title	Location
Executive Chef at Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis, IN
Locum Tenens Emergency Medicine Coverage Needed In Indiana	Indiana
Multiple Locum Tenens Hospitalist Opportunities In Indiana	Indiana
Central Supply Technician	Indianapolis, IN
Immediate Occupational Medicine Opening In Central Indiana -- Locum Tenens	Indiana

See all 6 job postings

Dealer.com - The thing that really stands out about Dealer.com is their culture. They’re aiming to be the “most sought after automotive web solutions provider in the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Business Development Intern	Burlington, VT
Digital Marketing Specialist/Inventory Management	Phoenix, AZ
Product Owner, Advertising (NJ)	Edison, NJ
Product Owner - Digital Advertising	Edison, NJ
Engineering Intern	Burlington, VT

See all 68 job postings

DriveCam - San Diego based DriveCam offers devices and services that save lives by making people safer drivers, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
HR Assistant	Lenexa, KS
Regional Safety Compliance Coordinator – Transportation	Minneapolis, MN
Government Account Manager	San Diego, CA
Fleet Safety Specialist	Orlando, FL
Director, Software Engineering	San Diego, CA

See all 14 job postings

Cobalt - Cobalt is an automotive marketing company used by more than two thirds of auto manufacturers and one half of dealers in the US, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Laboratory Technician I CASC Safford AZ	Safford, AZ
Mechanical Maintenance Intern	Reading, PA
Purchasing Intern	Reading, PA
Service Advisor - Service Writer - Auto Dealership Sign On Bonus	Madison, CT
Email Marketing Specialist	Seattle, WA

See all 347 job postings

Classified Ventures - Whether you're looking for a car, an apartment, or a home, Classified Ventures is going to do its best to grab your attention and show you some ads.

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Job Title	Location
Software Developer (Internship)	Herndon, VA
Division Accountant	Santa Cruz, NM
Mid Penetration Tester	Washington, DC
Mid Business Analyst (with Agile)	Arlington, TX
Business Analyst	Arlington, TX

See all 169 job postings

Zipcar - Zipcar must be pretty confident about their future considering that their Jobs page shows more than 20 job openings, some of which are perfect for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
UI Designer	Boston, MA
Client Engineer	Boston, MA
Indiana University--Intern	Cambridge, MA
Account Exec Solution Sales - Local Candidates Only - 2+ yrs experience	Boston, MA
Community Lead	Austin, TX

See all 186 job postings

Garmin - Garmin keeps improving their navigation devices, and they rely heavily on hiring new grads for entry level jobs to help them do it.

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Job Title	Location
C# /WCF/Web Services Engineer	Olathe, KS
iOS Developer - Chanhassen, MN	Minneapolis, MN
Strategic Assistant	Manchester, NH
Software Engineer Intern	Raleigh, NC
Consumer Technical Publications Writing Intern	Olathe, KS

See all 228 job postings

Exponent - If you want to work for Exponent but are just finishing up undergrad, then you better start thinking about graduate school - their jobs are worth the wait.

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Job Title	Location
Senior Manager of Product Engineering	Spokane, WA
Manufacturing Engineer	Seattle, WA
TEMP Mechanical or Materials Engineer	Chicago, IL
Test Engineer	Spokane, WA
Plastic Manufacturing Engineer	Spokane, WA

See all 389 job postings

Honda R&D - With it's U.S. headquarters in Torrance, CA, Honda is one of those car companies that is successfully investing effort into research and development.

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Job Title	Location
PROJECT COORDINATOR	Raymond, OH
BUSINESS APPLICATIONS PROJECT COORDINATOR	Raymond, OH
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR	Raymond, OH
Product Quality Engineer - Denso	Marysville, OH
Product Quality Engineer - Chassis	Marysville, OH

See all 57 job postings

Tesla Motors - Tesla Motors is a Palo Alto, CA based company that designs and builds electric cars. Many of their jobs are technical, so an engineering background is a plus!

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Job Title	Location
Manager of Inventory Control & Reverse Logistics	Cleveland, OH
Digital Media Director	Fremont, CA
Graphic Designer	Palo Alto, CA
Business Development Associate	Palo Alto, CA
Online Business Analyst	Palo Alto, CA

See all 819 job postings

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