[ref. e17539322] Program Manager, Vehicle Attributes - Tesla Motors

The Vehicle Attributes Team is responsible for leading all aspects of the driving experience related to Vehicle Dynamics and NVH on all current and future Tesla vehicle products. Our team collaborates with cross-functional partners such as Firmware, Design Engineering, and Chassis Controls to deliver the best-in-class ride, steering, handling, and braking attributes for Tesla.

An Attributes Program Manager is responsible for organization, technical resolution, manufacturing and commercial alignment, and program scheduling of all vehicle attributes development in support of current and future vehicle programs across Vehicle Dynamics, Modelling, and NVH.

• Lead maintenance of program schedules in coordination with cross-functional technical (program, design, development, integration, etc), manufacturing and commercial teams as necessary
• Manage test development plan together with team Project leads for both Vehicle Dynamics and NVH to assist in scheduling of tests, vehicles, outside facilities, resources and other needs of the team
• Manage attribute health and associated budgets for each platform and represent the team’s interests in cross-functional meetings
• Serve as the Attributes point of contact between commodity engineering and vehicle level engineering program managers to align development plans with key program and hardware release milestones
• Support vehicle fleet management and coordinate with Workshop Managers to ensure vehicle updates are performed in a timely manner according to development schedule milestones
• Coordinate efficiencies in engineering development, test, and validation schedules on a risk-based approach across all attribute activities for proving grounds, test sites, travels, and vehicle reworks
• Develop methodologies, engineering tools, project and file organizational methods that can be implemented to improve efficiencies within the team
• A degree preferred, technical degrees related also acceptable
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain or program management with an emphasis on automotive
• Hands-on experience in vehicle systems or other vehicle related interests
• Experience with full product cycles from prototype to production
• Working knowledge of CATIA and ENOVIA PLM system or the like
• Working knowledge of program management tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Confluence
• Passion for sustainable energy and automotive preferred