Engineering Manager, Electrode Shift Engineering

What to Expect

Tesla's Cell Manufacturing organization is scaling cell production at Gigafactory Texas. As Engineering Manager, Electrode Shift Engineering, you will lead the shift engineering function that supports around-the-clock production across Anode, Cathode, and Foil Coating — process and controls engineers on all four shifts.

In this role, you'll lead and raise the shift engineering team: set the bar for ownership and technical excellence, coach engineers through structured problem solving, and ensure the team delivers sustainable engineering solutions that improve electrode performance. You will provide hands-on technical support and coaching as the team executes work that drives OEE, yield, availability, and quality — balanced across ramp and sustaining.

This individual will be heavily focused on implementing sustainable engineering solutions so Electrode can meet factory ramp goals and OEE targets — not one-off firefighting. Success means a capable, high-trust shift engineering bench across all four shifts, fewer recurring losses, and clear closure of actions with measurable results. This role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Manufacturing/Process Engineering, and Controls.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop process and controls engineers across all four shifts supporting Anode, Cathode, and Foil Coating, setting clear expectations for escalation response, root-cause quality, documentation, handoffs, and follow-through into day engineering
• Build technical depth on the team through hands-on coaching and structured problem-solving, rather than simply redistributing tickets
• Establish rhythms for issue tracking, action ownership, due dates, expected results, and knowledge transfer so problems don't recur shift-to-shift
• Own EHS assurance for the team, including current safety training, incident documentation, proactive hazard correction, and a culture that prioritizes safety and quality
• Drive OEE, yield, availability, and quality improvements using a data-driven approach — including AI tools where they speed diagnosis — with documented actions, clear due dates, and expected results
• Prioritize sustainable engineering solutions that support factory ramp goals and long-term line stability over one-off firefighting
• Ensure rapid, disciplined response to production escalations and quality escapes, including tool recovery, root-cause documentation, and robust containment and corrective action
• Apply lean principles to reduce scrap, streamline production activities, and drive adherence to 5S and equipment/area cleanliness standards
• Lead engineers to improve, optimize, and sustain high-throughput electrode processes and equipment across Anode, Cathode, and Foil Coating, partnering with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Process Engineering, and Controls to remove bottlenecks, improve line productivity, and support installation, startup, handover, and sustaining improvements
• Uphold process documentation standards (Manufacturing Instructions, Standard Work, OCAPs, ECHOs, PFMEA, Control Plans), support technician capability through Tech Talks and CTQ training, and allocate people and priorities across competing demands during ramp and steady-state operation

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical, industrial, electrical, manufacturing, controls, or related technical discipline), Mathematics, Physical Science, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in high-volume manufacturing, equipment/process engineering, production engineering, or related technical roles (10+ years preferred), including prior people leadership of engineers (shift, process, equipment, controls, or production engineering)
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams in automated manufacturing environments across multiple process areas and shifts
• Track record delivering measurable manufacturing improvements in OEE/availability, yield, quality, throughput, scrap, or cost
• Experience applying, and ideally teaching, structured problem-solving and lean manufacturing tools such as root cause analysis, 5-Why, 8D, A3, fishbone, standard work, and DOE/SPC as applicable
• Comfort using data analysis and AI tools to diagnose production issues, identify trends, and drive faster, better decisions
• Ability to meet commitments and deliver results in a fast-paced production environment, managing multiple priorities across Anode, Cathode, and Foil Coating and adjusting dynamically as the business requires
• Strong communication and coaching skills, with the ability to raise the technical bar of engineers while aligning cross-functional partners
• Willingness to spend significant time on the production floor, with flexibility to adjust working hours, including nights and weekends, to support continuous manufacturing operations
• Hands-on experience with mixing, coating, calendering/lamination, slitting, web handling, high-speed automated machinery, or similar high-volume processes, ideally in battery cell manufacturing, preferred