Associate Production Manager, Cell Electrode

6 days ago


Austin, United States Tesla Full time
What to Expect

We are seeking a motivated and energetic Associate Production Manager for our Electrode Manufacturing team. Our product requirements demand ground-up cell architectures with state-of-the-art performance, manufactured at volumes that are orders of magnitude higher than the products they power. Our environment is fast-paced and incredibly exciting. Tesla moves quickly, so being passionate and self-motivated to push your limits is important.  

You will be playing a critical role developing and building a team that will spearhead production and development of battery cells at Tesla. Your excellence in people management will enable you to recruit, lead, and develop a team which includes Supervisors, Operators, and Engineering Technicians. In addition, your extensive experience and/or technical background will enable decision making when working with cross-functional teams such as maintenance, quality, and engineering. Your combined skills and mental agility will be key to successfully navigating our fast-paced development environment. 

What You’ll Do
  • Ensure safety and conduct policies are prioritized and met among employees
  • Build and continuously develop a strong, motivated production team 
  • Leadership of team consisting of 8 production supervisors, 32 process techs and up to 200 production associates 
  • Foster career development for your leadership and engineering team members 
  • Organize and manage production activities according to organization needs and plans. Monitor and report on production KPI’s as needed to technical and management teams 
  • Drive continuous improvement methodology tools such as 5S, RCFA, 5Y, and Lean Waste Elimination 
  • Tesla people leaders are responsible for a variety of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) assurance functions, including ensuring their teams’ safety training is current, documenting   EHS incidents, correcting proactively workplace hazards in the areas, and empowering others to continuously improve operations   
What You’ll Bring
  • 5+ year experience managing teams of people 
  • Degree in a technical discipline or proof of exceptional skills in related fields with practical experience
  • Industry experience in roll winding and converting is a plus 
  • Command of the English language, both written and verbal with demonstrated ability to solve problems, organization with meticulous attention to detail 
  • Demonstrated ability to perform against deadlines and under high pressure. 
  • Lean manufacturing knowledge and LSS certification preferred 
  • Creatively develop & improve production performance metrics (safety, quality, efficiency, throughput, yield, costs) 


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