Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Technical Program Manager - Manufacturing Controls Development

Controls & Automation EngineeringUpdated on Nov 11

Full-timeAustin, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Have 3+ years of experience in controls, automation, or manufacturing engineering.
Have experience in technical program or project management.
Have experience coordinating technical members across different disciplines and between technical and non-technical teams.
Have experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and JIRA.
Have experience in a machine-building or manufacturing environment.
Have a degree in Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Program, commission, and scale new equipment for energy products, vehicles, and Optimus programs alongside manufacturing, design, process, and automation teams.
Plan controls engineering resourcing across multiple projects, locations, timelines, and priorities.
Intake and manage controls engineering requests to support successful launches of new manufacturing lines across company locations.
Create, maintain, and communicate schedules for controls leaders, and make staffing recommendations and diversions needed to meet project milestones such as Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Test, and Start of Production.
Track equipment readiness and report status, blockers, and changes.
Coordinate engineering interventions at vendors and partners to recover project timelines.
Identify technical and procedural development opportunities within and across manufacturing teams, and drive activities to unify solutions and approaches.
Work across factories in Austin, Brookshire, Buffalo, Fremont, and Reno to triage project needs, resolve dependencies, and proactively clear roadblocks.
Support controls engineers in bringing new equipment to life.

Category	Manufacturing
Location	AUSTIN, Texas
Requisition ID	267418
Type	Full-time

Job Description

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager with deep Manufacturing Controls Development expertise to join our team. The successful candidate will work side-by-side with cross-functional teams – including manufacturing, design, process, and automation, to program, commission, and scale new equipment for our energy products, vehicles, and Optimus programs.The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience programming PLCs, HMIs, industrial robotics, and other manufacturing equipment, and can drive this technical expertise through to full project execution. This role requires high organization and a controls-oriented, “know-how-it’s-done” mindset to anticipate needs and effectively plan controls engineering resourcing across multiple projects, locations, timelines, and priorities.You will collaborate with world-class manufacturing engineering, production, facilities, and quality teams to ensure timely execution and support controls engineers in bringing new equipment to life. You will work across our factories in Austin, Brookshire, Buffalo, Fremont, and Reno to triage project needs, resolve dependencies, and proactively clear roadblocks.

Job Responsibilities

Intake and manage requests for controls engineering to ensure successful launches of new manufacturing lines in all Tesla locations
Create, maintain and communicate schedules for controls leaders, make staffing recommendations and diversions needed to meet key project milestones, such as Factory Acceptance Test, Site Acceptance Test, and Start of Production
Track equipment readiness and report effectively on status, blockers and changes
Coordinate engineering interventions at vendors and partners to recover project timelines
Identify technical and procedural development opportunities within and across manufacturing teams and drive activities to unify solutions and approaches

Job Requirements

3+ years in controls, automation, or manufacturing engineering
Experience in technical program or project management
Coordination experience linking technical members of different disciplines, and between technical and non-technical teams
Experience with project management tools (Project, JIRA)
Experience in a machine-building or manufacturing environment
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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