Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Manager Technical Programs - NPI Engineering, Solar Manufacturing

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBrookshire, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Has a firm understanding of complex production-line operations, including industrial activities between facilities and departments, line balance, overall equipment effectiveness, and error-proofing.
Has experience assessing design for manufacture, articulating manufacturability issues, proposing resolutions, driving feedback upstream, and achieving root-cause resolution.
Understands material movement through the supply chain and factory, including ordering, receiving, line delivery, consumption, and final-product delivery, and understands how to structure a configurable manufacturing bill of materials and associated order structure.
Understands manufacturing validation for new products, including methodology, validation plans, and associated key performance indicators, and can facilitate continuous process improvement.
Can develop and sustain resource-management plans for current and future planned tasks.
Can apply problem-solving methodologies to resolve issues.
Understands production-line layout, flow, and modeling.
Has 10 or more years of managerial experience in automotive, high-tech, or other high-volume, high-complexity manufacturing in a similar capacity.
Has 5 or more years of managerial experience directly managing people in engineering or similar project-management capacities.
Has a degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Drives production-launch activities for new or revised products entering factories, meeting or exceeding project and program timing milestones with a non-event launch approach.
Manages the appointed NPI team, potentially comprising program managers, project managers, project engineers, and technicians; sets team members up for success and provides guidance, coaching, and positive or corrective feedback to achieve group goals.
Manages resources within the area of responsibility.
Builds performance plans for the team and performance-manages individuals as appropriate.
Ensures NPI processes and guidelines are followed.
Develops and iterates NPI operational processes as business needs change.
Leads project status and decision-making reviews at the executive level.
Provides project direction and status to support functions and facilitates key decision-making forums.
Communicates frequently with peers and other work groups about project performance, status, gaps against performance requirements, and action plans to meet requirements within project timing and design or budget constraints.
Integrates and drives results across engineering, supply chain, quality, production, and executive leadership.

Category	Manufacturing
Location	Brookshire, Texas
Requisition ID	288209
Type	Full-time

Job Description

The Manager, Technical Programs, Solar NPI is a founding leader in our new, greenfield Solar Manufacturing group. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for an experienced manufacturing NPI executive who thrives on building organizations and systems from the ground up. Own product NPI from R&D through mass production, partnering with engineering, supply chain, and operations to deliver industry-leading cell efficiency, reliability, and cost.

Job Responsibilities

Drive all production launch activities for new or revised product(s) into the factory/factories. The clear target is to meet or exceed project/program timing milestones with a “non-event launch” mentality
Effectively manage the NPI team you are appointed to lead (potentially composed of Program Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, and Technicians). Set each team member of the group up for success and provide guidance, coaching, and criticism (both positive/negative) as required to achieve group goals
Resource management for area of responsibility
Build performance plans for your respective team.Able to performance-manage individuals accordingly
Ensure that NPI processes and guidelines are followed in all aspects
Iterate and develop new processes related to NPI operations as business needs change
Lead project status/decision-making reviews at an executive level
Provide clear project direction and status to the support functions.Able to facilitate key decision-making forums
Clear, frequent communication between peers and other work groups to ensure project performance is clear. Provide updates on status, gaps to performance requirements, and action plans to achieve requirements within project timing and design/budget constraint
Interact, integrate, and drive results across cross-functional teams in engineering, supply chain, quality, production, and executive leadership

Job Requirements

Production Operations Knowledge: Has a firm understanding of how complex production lines operate, including key items such as industrial activities between facilities/departments, line balance, OEE, error-proofing, etc.
DFM (Design for manufacture): Experienced at assessing manufacturability and able to clearly articulate issues and propose resolutions.A key indicator of success is driving this feedback upstream and achieving root cause resolution
Extremely knowledgeable of how material moves through the supply chain and throughout the factory.This includes everything from placement of an order, receiving material, pulling material to the line, consumption of the material, and delivery of the final product.Understanding of how to structure a configurable MBOM and associated order structure
Clear understanding of how the manufacturing validation process runs in relation to new products (methodology, validation plans, associated KPIs).Able to facilitate continuous development and betterment of the process
Able to develop and sustain resource management plans regarding current and future planned tasks
Outstanding problem-solving skills; adept in various problem-solving methodologies
Deep understanding of production line layout, flow and modeling
Ten plus (10+) years of managerial experience in automotive, high tech, or other high-volume/high-complexity manufacturing in a similar capacity coupled with demonstration of exceptional ability
Five plus (5+) years of managerial experience directly managing people in engineering or similar project management capacities
Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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