Sr. Technical Program Manager, Energy Products

About the role

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Energy Products | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 274080 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to manage reliability modeling and test programs. Responsibilities include connecting all stakeholders, managing priorities/expectations, and feeding back test results and concerns to create compelling and reliable Energy Products.

You will use your engineering background to understand the product requirements, technical risks, and the validation strategy to minimize new product risks while accelerating the development process. You will communicate and present project status, highlight schedule risk, and develop recovery plans in the event of a project slip. The Energy & Charging Reliability team is a cross-functional, program and systems organization.

It encompasses Power Electronics, Battery, and Thermal/Mechanical systems verification and validation through characterization and accelerated life testing of Tesla’s Energy products.

What You'll Do

• Own the scope, schedule, implementation and tracking of design reliability validation test projects and results from start to finish
• Set goals, track deliverables, manage expectations, identify risk, and drive mitigations across all stages of the project
• Create, maintain, communicate, and present schedules for reliability engineering projects to the engineering leadership team
• Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks
• Spearhead design reliability risk burndown by programmatically managing Design FMEAs
• Assist with the prioritization of the engineering team project work based on risk, resources, and payback
• Work with Design Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Service Engineering, Supply Chain, and the engineering leadership team to gather new requirements scope and timelines and escalate issues to ensure prompt resolution
• Aid in driving conversations and issues to closure, defining next steps, and ensuring follow-ups are owned
• Influence without reporting structure and operate with a high degree of autonomy
• Maximize productivity in a constantly changing environment and shifting priorities

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering discipline, or equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of experience in an engineering environment with responsibility for implementing or managing change
• Demonstrated experience in the management of engineering projects for mass-produced products required
• Demonstrated understanding of product design cycle
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules
• Demonstrated understanding of product release cycle as it relates to product reliability and risk management
• Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, production, and supply chain personnel
• Desired: Experience scaling systems to hundreds of thousands and millions of users

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation$112,000 - $217,200/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.