Technical Program Manager, Optimus

Job description

Tesla is seeking a Technical Program Manager on the Vehicle Assembly team to be part of a world-class team of engineers that are responsible for designing and building the vehicle assembly equipment at the Tesla factories. As a Technical Program Manager, you are responsible for managing technical projects from ideation to production execution. This includes driving the design and implementation of new manufacturing lines globally across various vehicle assembly shops for new or existing products. Program managers own driving the scope, schedule, implementation and cost of the entire program as well as additional functions such as vendor relations, stakeholder management and report outs to leaders.

The key objective of the Vehicle Assembly team is developing new and innovative solutions in the factory and help Tesla achieve its ambitious manufacturing goals. All these manufacturing processes will be initially planned, assembled and tested at our Tesla facilities in NA or other factories/facilities around the world.

Job responsibilities

Define new program goals and align on common strategy in accordance across the manufacturing organizations – “Concept to completion” ownership of projects from project ideation, validation and production execution
Work collaboratively with all engineering stakeholders (project engineering, industrial engineering, design, controls, software etc.) through the various stages of the project: Concept development, prototype testing, engineering design, system build, integration, and testing
Drive product requirements and manufacturing solutions with all internal stakeholders such as infrastructure, logistics, controls, software and manufacturing engineering teams for the success of the project
Set goals, track deliverables, identify risk and drive mitigations across all stages of the project
Own execution and completion of multiple programs/projects, as needed. Help develop processes/systems needed for teams to succeed
Identify resource requirements and highlight gaps across various stages for all projects
Own report-outs for all projects, highlighting status, risks, mitigations and opportunities across all levels of management/functions within Tesla. Manage road-map of milestones working within the framework of the overall program

Job requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience required
Experience in technical program or project management, ideally with multiple delivered projects of medium ($1-25M+) to large sized capital equipment systems
Experience developing processes and methodologies to suit specific engineering workflows desired
Technical understanding of manufacturing processes – low, medium and high volume
Knowledge of JIRA and diverse continuous integration workflows is a plus

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