Technical Program Manager, Industrial Energy Software & Firmware Tesla Motors, Inc. 144800 - 217200 USD paid holidays, flex time, 401(k) United States, California, Palo Alto Oct 20, 2026

What to Expect Tesla's Energy Engineering Program Management team is looking for a Firmware/Software Technical Program Manager to own and drive the delivery of outstanding firmware and software for our products across the Industrial Energy vertical. The right candidate has a proven track record of planning and executing multiple parallel complex programs and leading large cross-functional teams. The right candidate will understand firmware and software system development and have experience leading large cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional product performance and customer experience. You will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to define the product roadmap, you will own the execution of that roadmap, and ensure the product successfully ramps to all customers. You will be immersed in the design engineering process and will shepherd projects from concept through deployment to customers at scale.

You will use your engineering background to understand the product requirements, technical risks, and the validation strategy to accelerate the development process.

You will communicate and present project status, lead scrums and standups, highlight schedule risk, and develop recovery plans as needed. As a Technical Program Manager, you are expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy on your programs while contributing to the development of tools and processes that improve the organization's productivity. You must have a genuine passion for engineering products that will fundamentally change the world's energy infrastructure and must want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment leading by example. What You'll Do

Lead engineering scoping of complex cross-functional projects by working with engineering teams to define architecture, scope software for multiple workstreams, and define engineering milestones to meet project deadlines

Lead short- and long-term development projects and programs including requirements definition, application architecture, design, implementation, automated quality testing, continuous deployment, and field trial

Facilitate & project manage partnerships with key groups such as Product Management, Marketing, Executives, Customer Technical Support, Service Engineering, System Test and Firmware/Software development teams, Factory Firmware, and other partner engineering teams

Manage and resolve conflict with the ability to influence cross-functional teams while managing multiple simultaneous projects with competing priorities

Create detailed and frequently challenging schedules and deliver to commitments with an ability to see all interdependencies for every deliverable and milestone. Identify key critical path areas in the schedule and monitor resolution and overall project impact

Raise the bar on product and team quality, and be a customer advocate

Inspire, lead, and organize internal improvement initiatives for existing software and firmware engineering. Develop a quality focus in others by establishing clear requirements and measuring key outcomes

Manage releases to production at a regular cadence

Deliver tactical needs while maintaining strategic focus and vision What You'll Bring

Communicate clearly, regularly, and effectively with leadership, stakeholders, and internal team members in both written and verbal forms

Grasp complex technical topics and abstract key issues and risks into an actionable form while providing risk tracking, and mitigation in technical environments

Must be a proficient user of Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence, and Git

Ability to make decisions, act quickly, and work in a dynamic environment

Experience working in an Agile development environment

Degree in engineering discipline (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, etc.), or equivalent experience

3+ years' experience leading large, cross-functional teams as a program manager or engineering leaderworking with HW teams, planning firmware milestones for new hardware development

3+ years working with software or firmware teams, as a developer or tester

Desired:

Background/experience in Energy Products, solar or storage technologies

Desired:

In-depth knowledge of electrical or mechanical engineering, power conversion

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

$144,800 - $217,200/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. Notify me of jobs like this