Staff Product Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Megapod

What to Expect
Tesla’s industrial products team is working on new hardware for AI data centers and we are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead this effort from the ground up. This role requires someone who thrives in high-ambiguity, high-speed environments and can build and ship complex hardware products with limited precedent. You will define the product strategy, lead cross-functional development, and work closely with engineering leaders, sales, and operations to bring an innovative data center hardware solution to market quickly and at scale.
What You’ll Do

• Define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Tesla's data center hardware offering
• Lead cross-functional product development from concept through design, qualification, launch, and field deployment
• Develop and maintain product requirements informed by active stakeholder discovery, technical constraints, and market signals
• Drive rapid iteration cycles and make data-driven product decisions in a fast-moving development environment
• Build deep customer understanding by engaging directly with data center operators, hyperscalers, and colocation providers — translating their power density, cooling, and infrastructure requirements into product specs
• Partner with hardware and software engineering teams to solve complex system-level technical challenges including power distribution, thermal management, and physical infrastructure
• Define go-to-market approach and product positioning in collaboration with Sales and Commercial teams
• Develop technical documentation, product specifications, and customer-facing materials
• Manage product lifecycle from early-stage development through volume production and sustaining engineering
• Represent the product in cross-functional forums and communicate clearly to executive stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in product management, engineering, or technical business development with recent direct exposure to data center hardware, power infrastructure, or a closely related domain
• Working knowledge of data center systems including power distribution (UPS, PDU, busway), cooling technologies (air, liquid, immersion), and rack-level infrastructure
• Familiarity with data center performance metrics and standards — including PUE, power density (kW/rack), and Uptime Institute tier classifications
• Comfortable operating in environments with significant ambiguity and rapidly evolving requirements
• Strong technical background — ability to engage deeply with hardware engineering teams and evaluate system-level design tradeoffs
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholders across engineering, sales, and executive leadership
• Strong customer discovery skills — ability to generate product insights from early-stage customer conversations
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• High sense of urgency, ownership mentality, and genuine excitement for building at the frontier of energy and compute infrastructure