Hardware Technical Program Manager, Battery Electronics
Tesla · Palo Alto, CA · Today
On-siteInformation Technology$112k–$168k/yrFull-time
What You'll Do
- Manage the end-to-end program of BMS PCBAs, overseeing their progression from concept to development and successful launch.
- Collaborate with key technical leaders, ensuring each team adopts a methodical approach in their design and project execution.
- Efficiently oversee and communicate scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, and launch changes, ensuring smooth coordination and continuous communication with leadership, stakeholders, and team members.
- Ensure all designs have robust validation and execution plans to achieve quality standards and reduce project risks.
- Drive the initial NPI launch of products in both domestic and overseas locations.
- Serve as the primary interface between the design team and the supply chain and suppliers, ensuring optimal supply chain management and ramp-up plans for all designs, including both prototype and production representative PCBAs.
- Lead comprehensive product improvement projects, informed by fleet analysis of failures, production yield, and cost reduction initiatives outlined by executive management.
- Create and optimize advanced product development and validation processes, making them easily implementable for the team while ensuring maximum value for the business.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical, Systems, Computer or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years experience of hardware technical project management.
- Demonstrated application of project and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems.
- Detail-oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills. Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and tasks in parallel.
- Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating schedules.
- Knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals is a must and ability to understand sophisticated electronics system design a plus.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, production, and supply chain personnel.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to understand complex problems and summarize in a simple way to a wide audience.
- Must be proficient user in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word; Experienced with JIRA, Confluence, and Enovia considered a plus.
Benefits
- 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
- 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
Expected Compensation
$112,000 - $168,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits