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Sr. Software Product Manager, Manufacturing Quality

Fremont, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$136,000–$264,000 /yrPosted 5 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • safety-critical issues
  • Gigafactories
  • Vehicle Engineering
  • manufacturing
  • vehicle data
  • data sources
  • data services
  • automation
  • machine learning tools
  • production use

Nice to have

  • Splunk

Role summary

Tesla is seeking a Sr. Software Product Manager for their Manufacturing Quality Data Engineering team. This role focuses on addressing safety-critical issues and expanding services for Gigafactories worldwide. The Product Manager will define and deliver the software product vision, strategy, and roadmap, working with cross-functional teams to prioritize features and drive business impact. Responsibilities include gathering requirements, designing solutions, and monitoring KPIs using data analysis and SQL. The ideal candidate has a Master's Degree in Engineering, 5+ years of experience in software development methodologies like Agile and Scrum, proficiency in Jira and Confluence, and knowledge of frontend/backend frameworks, APIs, and tools like Splunk and Postman. Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills are essential for driving production-critical products in a fast-paced environment.

What To Expect
The Manufacturing Quality Data Engineering team is a high-impact, high-priority, and high-visibility team that is laser-focused on addressing safety-critical issues and expanding critical services to Gigafactories worldwide. As part of Tesla's Vehicle Engineering organization, you will have access to a vast array of data sources across design, manufacturing, and vehicle data, empowering you to design, develop, and deploy innovative data services, automation, and machine learning tools into production use. As a Software Product Manager, you will define and deliver software product vision, strategy, and roadmap, working closely with cross-functional teams to prioritize features, drive business impact, and deliver high-quality software products that meet customer needs and expectations.

What You'll Do

  • Define and deliver software product vision, strategy, roadmap and release plan based on agile principles, aligning with team objectives and key results, organizational goals and customer needs
  • Gather and prioritize product requirements from customers, stakeholders, and internal teams through engagement and office hour meetings. Capture new feature requests and feedbacks, and solidify requirements with use cases and process flow charts
  • Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, application support and software quality assurance (QA) teams to define and prioritize product features, epics, and user stories using Jira and deliver high-quality software products that meet customer needs and expectations
  • Design and develop software product solutions, including user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) designs, with tools such as Jira and Figma
  • Standardize product feature and user experience across all regions, and optimize product development processes to maximize efficiency and synergy
  • Define, develop, and monitor business impact and key performance indicators (KPIs) and create visualization to measure success, leveraging data analysis skills to extract insights from large datasets through complex SQL queries, and interpreting metrics trends, stakeholder feedback, and data patterns to inform product decisions

  • What You'll Bring

  • Master's Degree in Engineering or equivalent
  • 5+ years of professional experience of software development methodologies with Agile and Scrum
  • Proficient in the use of JIRA Software and Confluence
  • Frontend and backend framework knowledge to effectively collaborate with software developers, including API knowledge and understanding, and tools such as Splunk and Postman to verify design and application behavior
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to distill insights from complex data sets using SQL and customer feedback, driving informed product decisions that meet customer needs and drive business outcomes
  • Proven track record of driving and shipping production-critical products that delivered business impact, passionate about working with other business partners to solve challenging issues together, with the ability to lead new initiatives with limited resources in a fast-paced environment

  • Benefits
    Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
  • Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program
  • Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

  • Expected Compensation

    $136,000 - $264,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

    Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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