Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing Test Engineering

About the position

Tesla's Manufacturing Test Engineering group is seeking a highly motivated hands-on Technical Program Manager to drive development of custom manufacturing equipment with mechanical, electrical, controls and software engineers. As a Technical Program Manager for this team, you'll be part of the group responsible for developing manufacturing testing equipment for all Tesla products. A very exciting role where you will interact with product designers, firmware engineers, manufacturing engineers, supply chain, and production. You will interface with cross functional teams to identify and define product constraints and identify key change items. You will help to define and drive the development, validation, and implementation of custom manufacturing equipment to various factories around the world. You will communicate and present project status, highlight schedule risk, motivate the team to meet aggressive deadlines, and develop recovery plans in the event of project slip.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules and plans for developing and deploying custom manufacturing equipment to meet start of production and ramp
• Drive action with internal and cross functional teams to successfully complete projects within time, budget, and resource constraints
• Track project progress and report effectively on status, blockers, and changes to plan of record with effective communication channels to all stakeholders
• Identify creative and timely solutions to key program challenges
• Track resourcing of projects and drive resource balancing between different program priorities
• Advise and develop systems and best practices for communication and change management
• Complete appropriate documentation and ensure accuracy of data across Tesla systems (Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft SharePoint, Polarion, SolidWorks PDM)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study, proof of exceptional ability and being hands-on, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a manufacturing environment with responsibility for managing change
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organized with meticulous attention to detail
• Understanding of design cycle and design problem solving processes

Nice-to-haves

• Exposure to electrical test instruments (DMMs, Oscilloscopes, Power Analyzers, etc.)