The Thermal Systems Engineering team is comprised of engineers from many backgrounds and experience levels. You will work alongside experts with several years of leading-edge experience, high aptitude recent graduates, and enthusiastic people from every stage in between. Innovation, collaboration, learning, and growth are core to the team's success. We look for anyone with demonstrated exceptional ability to solve challenging problems in both individual and team settings.

This team has brought to production the Superbottle, Supermanifold, Octovalve, Airwave, and Heat Pump system advancing global industry benchmarks. The engineering program manager would be an integral part of the thermal team and would be responsible for continuing advancement of similar projects. They will be responsible for leading engineering projects through all stages of development coordinating between multiple teams across engineering, supply chain, vehicle programs, manufacturing, and operations leadership.

• Manage cross-functional programs from end-to-end, covering a range of areas across thermal engineering, coordinating with manufacturing, production, design, test and firmware teams. Scope of projects range from completely new product programs to very specific advanced technology development projects
• Coordinate engineering teams for technical deep-dives and global supply managers for cost analysis and manufacturing and service engineers for assembly and service evaluations
• Demonstrate critical thinking by making data driven decisions that advance the critical pieces of technology to Tesla's mission
• Define and drive the schedule for upcoming new project launches, new technology development milestones and sustaining programs to ensure on-time delivery
• Constantly work to evolve our processes and systems towards increasing precision and dependability, while still maintaining the agility that has gotten Tesla to where we are now
• Master documentation to track ongoing status of projects and issues ensuring that they are completed in a timely manner
• Lead the teams with strength and confidence through rapid development cycles, changing requirements, and uncertainty

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant Engineering discipline, or equivalent
• 2 years' program/project management experience managing cross-functional programs with engineering bias, manufacturing operations, (or equivalent experience)
• Experience in fast paced environment with exposure to end-to-end product deployment from concept through development and successful launch
• Ability to work with limited resources, independently, tight deadlines, and with urgency
• Experience building, developing and managing highly effective program management tools and processes
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills with ability to work in a highly cross-functionally environment
• Excellent organization and delegation skills with ability to own the product roadmap and schedule with a track record of delivering projects on-time
• Ability to inspire confidence in multiple layers of management from executive to associate levels, as the face of your programs
• Proficient in complex electro-mechanical system design from concept to detailing
• Proven track record of data driven methodology to solve complex problems

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