Careers in Cars

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in cars? 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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Do you like cars or other vehicles? You have many options to turn that interest into a career.

You can work with a car manufacturer: designing new vehicle technologies in research and development, designing the most aesthetically pleasing and functional vehicles and parts in engineering, managing the timeline in designing an entire car, or testing a car or its parts for quality. You can also look into the car accessory business.

Or you can go another route and explore alternate uses for cars beyond the traditional vehicle. Car-sharing and car renting have risen in popularity in recent years. If you’d like to ride that trend, consider working in marketing, customer service, or software development (since a lot of these companies have apps and mobile websites for use on the go).

A lot of positions in the car business require bachelor’s degrees in a related field. An interest in cars is a big plus.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Cars

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
Financial Planning & Analysis Intern \| San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Product Manager Intern	San Francisco, CA
UX Design Intern	San Francisco, CA
Community Liaison and Communications Intern	San Francisco, CA
User Experience Design Intern	San Francisco, CA

See all 16 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
Client Implementation Programmer	Northfield, NJ
Technical Lead, Mobile (iOS)	Santa Monica, CA
Technical Document Specialist Intern	Pullman, WA
Applied Mathematics Intern	Barrington, NJ
Wellness Intern	Pullman, WA

See all 188 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
Marketing Manager, Social Media	Santa Monica, CA
Production Engineer (Linux/DevOps)	Santa Monica, CA
Executive Assistant	Santa Monica, CA
Independent Sales Representative	Chicago, IL
Inside Sales Representative	Austin, TX

See all 43 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
Field Technician (Marysville / Everett)	Coopersburg, PA
Field Technician (Mid-Atlantic)	Coopersburg, PA
Supply Chain Planner/ Analyst	Coopersburg, PA
Field Technician (Los Angeles)	Coopersburg, PA
Dispatcher	Coopersburg, PA

See all 35 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
Design Intern	San Francisco, CA
User Acquisition Manager	San Francisco, CA
Customer Happiness Manager	San Francisco, CA
Customer Happiness Agent	United States
Fleet Associate	San Francisco, CA

See all 16 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
Sales Representative	Saginaw, MI
Medical Transporter	Wickliffe, OH
Sales Representative	Florence, SC

See all 3 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
Truck Drivers Home Weekly - Owner Operators NEW RATE	Cedar Rapids, IA
Urgent Care Medicine Physician - Permanent: FAMILY PRACTICE URGENT CARE FOR GROWING PRIME LOCATIONS IN CT!	Connecticut
Family Practice Physician - (PCP - FP) Locum Tenens	Vero Beach, FL
Internet Solutions Management	Westfield, NJ
Need local moving (under 50 miles)	Naperville, IL

See all 937 job postings

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
Research Associate I	Washington, DC
Utility Planner	Washington, DC
Respiratory Therapist - Registered Job	Seattle, WA
IT Coordinator and Database/CRM Management	Philadelphia, PA
Middle School Science Teacher	New York, NY

See all 2,026 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
Account Executive	San Francisco, CA
Director, Partner Marketing Services	Vienna, VA
Telemarketers / Automotive / Entry Level	Norwood, MA
Bilingual Document Processing Specialist (Interpreters of Information!)	West Des Moines, IA
Unpaid Internship- Digital Content Marketing	New York, NY

See all 12,718 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
Data Scientist / Statistician	New York, NY
Tax Manager	Chicago, IL
Client Services Intern	New York, NY
Creative Strategy Intern	New York, NY
Media Intern	New York, NY

See all 178 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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Job Title	Location
Pro Sports - Corporate Travel Manager	California

See all 0 job postings

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
Franchise Intern	Mahwah, NJ
Sales People / Paid Internship - $1,000 Sign On Bonus	Lebanon, NH
Service Writer / Service Advisor / ASM / Assistant Service Manager	Drexel Hill, PA
Franchise Intern	Mahwah, NJ
Marketing Intern	Mahwah, NJ

See all 134 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
Fall Marketing Intern	Cambridge, MA
Truck Driver - Entry Level with CDL Training	Cincinnati, OH
VP of Sales & Marketing Software SaaS	Atlanta, GA
Marketing (Demand Generation) Intern	Carlsbad, CA
Marketing Intern	Bristol, RI

See all 33,421 job postings

Uber - Uber is a San Francisco based company that provides a Web 2.0 version of a black car service, and they're hiring new grads for a few positions.

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Job Title	Location
UberX Driving Partner (Full-Time)	Trenton, NJ
UberX Driving Partner (Part-Time)	Trenton, NJ
Group Fitness Instructor (Part Time)	San Mateo, CA
Certified Fitness Instructor (Part Time)	Mill Valley, CA
UberX Driving Partner (Contract)	Cleveland, OH

See all 707 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
IT Entry Systems Administrator or Intern [Windows/Linux] System Builds / Desktop Support - MA, USA	Burlington, MA
Planner III - Environmental Review	San Francisco, CA
Systems Administrator 4 (ExaData/ExaLogic)	Los Angeles, CA
District Loss Prevention Manager	Atlanta, GA
RETAIL - Retail Assistant Manager	El Paso, TX

See all 59 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
BDC Rep	Crystal Lake, IL
Automotive Technician	Worthington, OH
Service Technician	Louisville, KY
Service Advisor / Service Manager	Brockton, MA

See all 1,292 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
Director of Nursing	Indianapolis, IN
Security Guard	Indianapolis, IN
Family Practice Physician	Scottsburg, IN
Associate General Dentist	Indianapolis, IN
Pediatrics Physician	Scottsburg, IN

See all 10 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.”

See the complete Dealer.com profile

Job Title	Location
Retail Digital Platform Specialist	Cherry Hill, NJ
Media Design Intern	Burlington, VT
IT Intern	Burlington, VT
IT Intern	Burlington, VT
Data Analyst	Burlington, VT

See all 71 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
Service Manager	Lauderhill, FL
Safety Supervisor	Atlanta, GA
Non-Revenue Fleet Administrator	Arlington Heights, IL
Non-Revenue Fleet Administrator	Arlington Heights, IL
Director of Product Management	San Diego, CA

See all 10 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
Finisher II - 2nd Shift	Gainesville, FL
Assistant Service Advisor - Service Secretary - Customer Service Rep	Madison, CT
Claims Examiner Fort Scott, Ks	Fort Scott, KS
Sales - $3000 sign on bonus for experience!	Madison, CT
Security Engineer/Vulnerability Researcher: Penetration Testing	San Diego, CA

See all 379 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
Electrical Engineer – Infrastructure Reliability	Orange, TX
Software Developer (Internship)	Herndon, VA
Digital Media Sales Representative - Jacksonville, FL - Cars.com	Jacksonville, FL
CyForce Sales/Marketing Manager	Herndon, VA
Associate Manager, Acquisition Marketing Analytics – Cars.com	Chicago, IL

See all 125 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.

See the complete Zipcar profile

Job Title	Location
Account Executive, Mobile Apps	Boston, MA
Product Manager	Boston, MA
Product Marketing Manager	Boston, MA
Account Manager, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
Advertising Sales Manager- San Fran	San Francisco, CA

See all 252 job postings

CarMax - Headquartered in Richmond, VA, CarMax make car buying easier and less stressful with “No-Haggle Pricing.”

See the complete CarMax profile

Job Title	Location
Automotive Technician / Mechanical Associate	Austin, TX
Sales Consultant	San Antonio, TX
Need guitar lessons	Lithonia, GA
ASE Automotive Technician	Tinley Park, IL
Business Office Associate	White Marsh, MD

See all 1,106 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.

See the complete Honda R&D profile

Job Title	Location
ISO 26262 Research & Development Electrical Engineer	Sunbury, OH
AUTOMOTIVE EVENT PLANNING COORDINATOR	Raymond, OH
Automotive Research Analyst	Torrance, CA
Senior Product Planner	New York, NY
KNO-Sales Coordinator	Dublin, OH

See all 58 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
SF Event Planning - Fall Internship	San Francisco, CA
Finished Vehicle Coordinator	Fremont, CA
Service Assistant- Highland Park, IL	Highland Park, IL
Service Concierge - Paramus, NJ	Paramus, NJ
Regional Marketing Specialist - Midwest	Chicago, IL

See all 683 job postings

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