Product Manager, Factory Design Robotics
Role summary
Tesla's Robotics Software Engineering team is seeking a Product Manager to support their PMO. This role focuses on driving impact at the intersection of robotics, software, and data, ensuring project alignment, stakeholder communication, and execution. Key responsibilities include product readiness and testing, data analytics for fleet performance assessment and insight generation, project tracking, risk management, and process optimization. The ideal candidate possesses strong technical expertise, program management skills, a data-driven mindset, and experience with SQL, Prometheus, and Grafana. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of technical experience in program or product management, preferably in robotics and automation, are required.
What to Expect
Tesla’s Robotics Software Engineering team designs and develops robotic controls and fleet management systems for manufacturing, material flow, and logistics use cases. This includes managing Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRSs), conveyor systems, and the potential integration of Optimus on the factory floor.
This role will support the Robotics SE team as part of the PMO, offering an exciting opportunity to drive real impact at the intersection of robotics, software, and data, ensuring project alignment with broader timelines, stakeholder communication, and execution. Strong data analytics skills are essential for assessing robot fleet performance, generating insights, and creating dashboards for engineers and leadership. The ideal candidate combines technical expertise, program management skills, and a data-driven mindset to optimize execution and decision-making. Strong engineering and project management fundamentals are required to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment as part of a strong, flexible, and highly motivated team to accomplish some of the most ambitious projects being attempted in any industry today.
What You'll Do
- Product Readiness & Testing: Understand requirements, prepare a long-term vision for product validation and evaluate the product’s performance through testing to ensure its readiness for production
- Data Analytics & Impact Assessment: Analyze robotic fleet performance, assess product impact, and translate findings into actionable insights with easy visualization of data
- Project Tracking & Risk Management: Maintain a clear overview of all ongoing projects, identify risks early, and drive mitigation strategies. Clearly communicate priorities cross functionally and ensure product expectations are aligned
- Process Optimization: Continuously refine program management processes to enhance productivity, collaboration, and execution speed. Be ready and willing to pivot as needed keeping in mind engineering preferences
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent experience
- 2+ years technical experience in program or product management preferably in robotics and automation
- Hands on experience with data analytics using relational and time-series databases such as SQL and Prometheus, as well as visualization platforms like Grafana, to create meaningful dashboards
- Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to synthesize complex technical information into clear, concise reports and presentations
- Strong understanding of software development processes, tools, and experience with one or more high-level and low-level programming languages
Compensation and Benefits
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
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
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