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What to Expect
Houston's packaging engineering team is seeking a Sr. Packaging Technical Project Manager to lead the scheduling, risk management, and status communication for innovative packaging programs, collaborating closely with packaging engineers to develop and implement cutting-edge solutions tailored for the Megafactory. These solutions must effectively protect products while seamlessly integrating with automated material flow and manufacturing lines, all while ensuring financial viability. In this role, you will partner with a broad cross-functional team-including supply chain, design, planning, manufacturing, and material flow stakeholders-to identify, prioritize, and execute packaging projects that support production ramp-up and drive overall cost reductions. As a thought leader, you will spearhead solution development and project execution, building deep expertise in the Packaging development process and returnable operation. Success requires strategic thinking to connect high-level objectives with granular deliverables, while simultaneously managing process and tool improvement initiatives.
What You'll Do
- Collaborate with factor stakeholders such are production, material flow, operations and quality teams to develop backlog of packaging engineering projects
- Manage packaging improvement requests and assign priorities
- Manage assignment of projects to respective packaging engineers and drive on time completion of project through unlocking potential risks bottlenecks
- Ensure project tracking compliance in JIRA and report risks to management and stakeholders
- Identify data, process gaps and areas for optimization and automation while supporting management with dashboards, KPIs and ad-hoc analyses
- Drive problem solving and continuous improvement initiatives to improve packaging workflows and supply chain operations processes
- Publish periodic and ad-hoc update reports regarding packaging improvement plans to factory leadership teams
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Industrial Engineering, Packaging Engineering, Supply Chain, Engineering Management, or equivalent experience
- Working knowledge of material flow, supply chain, purchasing and transportation management systems
- Structured, data-driven and quantitative problem solving approach
- Proven ability to set expectations, manage to deadlines and hold individuals and teams accountable to critical milestones
- Ability to drive strategic discussions and convert strategy to action
- Experience or exposure to quality function in automotive industry is preferred
- Work experience in packaging function, manufacturing, or quality is preferred
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
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Tesla Motors, Inc.
paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
Apr 14, 2026