Sr. Manager, Operations & Engineering, Energy

Sr. Manager, Operations & Engineering, Solar Manufacturing

Tesla is looking for a highly motivated Senior Leader for its Energy team. The incumbent will lead a large organization consisting of engineers, technicians, and their leaders, and will be responsible for improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness of involved manufacturing steps to a world class level, thus helping Tesla produce a high volume of great and cost-effective products. The ideal candidate will have a track record of significant achievements, tremendous drive, and a willingness to roll up their sleeves.

• Responsible for a portion of Energy Manufacturing, including engineering, maintenance, reliability, as well as future projects
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Controls teams to install and ramp new equipment and processes, then take hand over for long term sustenance, and continually improve their efficiency to a world class level
• Drive a safety mindset in their organization through Environmental Health and Safety assurance, including ensuring their teams’ safety training is current, documenting incidents, proactively identifying and correcting manufacturing, and workplace hazards
• Develop a high-performance team with excellent technical ability to break down complex problems into their first principles, and ability to collaborate and positively influence cross functional teams
• Achieve and maintain high product quality and manufacturing yield. Collaborate with Quality team to contain, correct, prevent product quality issues, and reduce risk in the processes
• Drive strategies to achieve productivity, capacity as well as other key business goals
• Set up an effective preventative maintenance program to ensure long term reliability of manufacturing equipment
• Innovate processes and procedures to help streamline production operation
• Reduce cost of goods through continuous improvement initiatives

• Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10 years’ related manufacturing experience, 3+ years management experience in a highly automated manufacturing environment
• Strong