What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Project Manager, Cell Engineering position at Tesla?
The Role
Battery Cells are the common denominator for every Tesla product. Our product requirements demand ground-up cell architectures with state-of-the-art performance, manufactured at volumes that are orders of magnitude higher than the products they power. Our environment is fast-paced and incredibly exciting, so being passionate and self-motivated to push your limits is critical. Our team works with engineering groups across various disciplines, requiring strong communication skills and a team-first mentality. You will work alongside seasoned industry experts, high aptitude recent graduates, and people from every stage in between. We look for anyone with an exceptional ability to solve problems in both individual and team settings.
The Engineering Project Manager is an integral part of the engineering development team and will be responsible for executing a broad range of oversight, tracking, and product management goals.
Battery Cells are the common denominator for every Tesla product. Our product requirements demand ground-up cell architectures with state-of-the-art performance, manufactured at volumes that are orders of magnitude higher than the products they power. Our environment is fast-paced and incredibly exciting, so being passionate and self-motivated to push your limits is critical. Our team works with engineering groups across various disciplines, requiring strong communication skills and a team-first mentality. You will work alongside seasoned industry experts, high aptitude recent graduates, and people from every stage in between. We look for anyone with an exceptional ability to solve problems in both individual and team settings.
The Engineering Project Manager is an integral part of the engineering development team and will be responsible for executing a broad range of oversight, tracking, and product management goals.
Responsibilities
- Work with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Reliability, Test, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Program Management and other supporting functions in order to identify and scope projects for key Energy Hardware subsystems.
- Manage program costs for R&D forecast and spend, COGS forecast model and monitor cost impact of changes
- Create, maintain, communicate, and present schedules for design engineering projects to the engineering leadership team.
- Prioritize the engineering team project work based on risk, resources and payback.
- Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks.
- Advise on best practices for documenting changes to new and existing products.
- Define processes that will improve risk and change management.
- Monitor cost impact of changes.
- Develop tools to automate various reporting or planning functions for the Technical Programs Management Team.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in an engineering environment with responsibility for implementing or managing change.
- Demonstrated experience in the management of engineering projects for mass produced products required.
- Demonstrated understanding of the design cycle.
- Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining and communicating schedules.
- Demonstrated understanding of multilevel Bill of Material hierarchy, including hardware and software components.
- Demonstrated understanding of product release cycle as it relates to the creation and change management of parts and BOM structures.
- Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills.
- Skills with common workplace software (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software etc) with the ability to create and maintain metrics.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, production, and supply chain personnel.
- BS in an engineering discipline.
- Strong knowledge of Jira or an equivalent Project Tracking Software System
- Individual contributor and design engineering experience is highly valued
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