Staff Product Manager, Data Center Hardware Lead

The Tesla Industrial Products team is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of new hardware for AI data centers. This role demands someone capable of navigating high-ambiguity, high-speed environments and delivering complex hardware solutions.

What You'll Do

• Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Tesla's data center hardware offerings.

• Lead cross-functional product development from concept through design, qualification, launch, and field deployment.

• Develop and maintain product requirements informed by active stakeholder discovery, technical constraints, and market signals.

• Drive rapid iteration cycles and make data-driven product decisions in a fast-moving development environment.

• Build deep customer understanding by engaging directly with data center operators, hyperscalers, and colocation providers—translating their power density, cooling, and infrastructure requirements into product specs.

• Partner with hardware and software engineering teams to solve complex system-level technical challenges including power distribution, thermal management, and physical infrastructure.

• Define go-to-market approach and product positioning in collaboration with Sales and Commercial teams.

• Develop technical documentation, product specifications, and customer-facing materials.

• Manage product lifecycle from early-stage development through volume production and sustaining engineering.

• Represent the product in cross-functional forums and communicate clearly to executive stakeholders.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in product management, engineering, or technical business development with recent direct exposure to data center hardware, power infrastructure, or a closely related domain.

• Familiarity with data center systems including power distribution (UPS, PDU, busway), cooling technologies (air, liquid, immersion), and rack-level infrastructure.

• Working knowledge of data center performance metrics and standards—such as PUE, power density (kW/rack), and Uptime Institute tier classifications.

• Strong technical background—ability to engage deeply with hardware engineering teams and evaluate system-level design tradeoffs.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders across engineering, sales, and executive leadership.

• Strong customer discovery skills—ability to generate product insights from early-stage customer conversations.

• High sense of urgency, ownership mentality, and genuine excitement for building at the frontier of energy and compute infrastructure.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, including a range of $136,000 - $240,000/annual salary.

• Benefits package including:

  • Medical plans

  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage)

  • Vision plans

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plans

  • Other financial benefits

• Company-paid benefits such as:

  • Health Savings Account (HSA) Contribution

  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Paid holidays

  • Voluntary benefits like critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

  • Tesla Babies program

  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources