Tesla Technical Project Engineer Cell Engineering 

United States, Texas, Austin 

139423657

The mission statement of the Technical Project Engineer is to help Engineers make better technical decisions that accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy

Use controls engineering knowledge to help the team solve commissioning manufacturing issues, identify, and solve risks

Identify all major risks and dependencies, manage and work to reduce them accordingly. Track and eliminate blockers to keep your projects moving at Tesla speed

Build and maintain strong relationships that create strong open flow of information. Build cross-functional teams that work well together in efficient, transparent ways

Communicate with stakeholders across a wide variety of teams inside of Cell Engineering, from Process Engineers to Manufacturing Engineers to Production/Operations to Construction and Facilities, and with Controls Engineers company-wide

Drive the team to achieve great architecture and designs across controls, test, devices, and hardware by working with key technical leaders, and ensuring each team is methodical in their design/project approach. Drive and contribute to FMEA process for controls, systems, and integration design areas

Create and drive advanced products development, validation, and execution plans and processes.  Make the process easy for the team to follow and administer, while providing maximum value for overall business

Be a key controls team interface to line builders and suppliers, ensure all designs have optimal supply chain management and ramp plan

Manage project scope, schedule, cost, and resources to ensure goals are achieved consistently on time

Build and own team processes to accomplish all of the above at Tesla speed

Some experience working on large scale factory commissioning projects. Controls Engineering experience preferred, but contributions from other disciplines are also welcome: Electrical, Process, Mechanical, Manufacturing Design, Program or Project Management, Project Engineering, etc., are also welcome

Methodical and elite communication and documentation skills, with ability to understand complex problems and summarize in a simple way to a wide audience

Remain engaged, proactive, and positive in a “plaid speed” environment under tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for overall team success

Some experience managing engineering projects and teams - coordinating distributed, complex cross-functional teams, establishing team processes, organizing priorities and goals, and leading meetings

Some experience in a factory production environment

Ability to effectively execute many projects and tasks in parallel

Degree in an Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or hard science discipline, or the equivalent experience

Experience with Agile methodology, schedule management, and Jira

Track record of contributing outstanding work to complex engineering projects as a technical contributor