Staff Engineer, Production Planning & Factory Strategy

About the role

Staff Engineer, Production Planning & Factory Strategy | Tesla (Manufacturing)

Location: Brookshire, Texas | Req ID: 285889 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla is seeking a Staff Engineer lead Production Planning, Factory Strategy planning, and high-impact Special Projects across Energy manufacturing. This role is responsible for driving planning alignment and execution across MFCA and MFTX, ensuring factory plans are executable, risks are surfaced early, and strategic initiatives translate into on-the-ground results.

In this role, you will lead and coordinate the teams responsible for production planning, labor planning and factory strategy at both sites, owning planning cadence, cross-site alignment, and execution discipline. You will partner closely with Production, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, Design, Manufacturing Engineering and Commercial teams to balance near-term execution with longer-term factory readiness, ramps, and cost-down priorities.

What You'll Do

• Lead production planning execution across MFCA and MFTX, owning build plans, replans, and planning cadence across short- and mid-term horizons to meet volume, cost, and delivery targets
• Manage and coordinate factory strategy planning for both sites, supporting capacity ramps, line readiness, downtime strategy, new programs and long-range planning in alignment with demand and POR assumptions
• Lead special projects that drive optimization cut across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, and Quality, including ramp readiness, throughput recovery, cost-down initiatives, and execution risk burn-down
• Identify risks to production output, clear-to-build, labor, tooling, or materials, and drive cross-functional mitigation plans to set up the programs for long term success. closure
• Develop and maintain planning tools, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms that improve visibility, accountability, and decision-making for factory and leadership teams while driving innovation and standardization to continue scaling the business
• Partner with senior leaders to surface tradeoffs, evaluate scenarios, and enable timely, high-confidence decisions that materially impact factory performance and long-term strategy

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Engineering, Operations, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, or factory planning
• Demonstrated success owning multi-program or factory-level initiatives in high-ambiguity environments
• Strong analytical background with experience in production planning, capacity modeling, or operational finance
• Executive-level communication skills, with the ability to influence critical decisions and align cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to operate independently, define problems, and deliver outcomes that scale beyond individual contribution
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments while managing multiple competing priorities

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)