Technical Program Manager, Cell Electrode Mixing (m/f)d/ - Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

What To Expect

Tesla’s Cell Manufacturing Team is looking for a highly motivated individual to manage new electrode manufacturing engineering projects. This is a cross-functional role that requires coordination between many different groups primarily within Tesla. You will interface across engineering disciplines within Cell Manufacturing, as well as Production Engineering and Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Factory Design, Construction to drive deployment plans of new internal manufacturing processes and equipment in our innovative Electrode area.

You will be immersed in engineering projects from development, design through install, commissioning, ramp, and handover to production. You will use your engineering background to understand the product requirements, technical risks, and validation strategy to accelerate the solutions generation and deployment process. You will communicate and present project status, highlight schedule risk, and develop recovery plans in the event of a project slip.

What You'll Do

• Lead strategic large-scale projects for the design, commissioning, and ramp-up of complex powder handling and dry mixing manufacturing equipment ensuring alignment with Tesla’s sustainability and efficiency targets.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration as the technical authority for equipment and process optimization, bridging Engineering, Production, EHS and QA teams to deliver safe, high-quality systems.
• Develop innovative solution patterns for powder handling and transport by integrating advanced methodologies and adapting them to new challenges.
• Work with external suppliers to develop comprehensive plans, outlining strategy, scope, schedule, risks, resource requirements, and cost targets.
• Define and drive daily tasks to be performed on the manufacturing line by multiple engineering disciplines.
• Inform prioritization of team project work based on schedule, risk, resources, and payback.
• Track status of projects and action items against the schedule and project deliverables.
• Identify creative ways to overcome obstacles and meet the schedule despite setbacks.
• Create, maintain, communicate, and present schedules for projects to the Cell engineering and leadership team.
• Drive delivery of selected manufacturing project scope.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience working with development, installation, and ramping up of mass production manufacturing equipment, in a mixture of engineering and project management roles (experience in process mixing and roll-to-roll equipment a plus).
• Experience in Project Management tools, including Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence, and other Agile Project Management methods.
• Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining, and communicating scope, resource plans, and schedules.
• Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage teams.
• Ability to identify issues and develop corrective measures to resolve.
• Proven ability to operate under pressure while managing multiple priorities simultaneously.