Job Summary:
Tesla's Industrial Products team is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own utility-scale solar powerplants. You will work closely with hardware, software, and commercial teams across Tesla to shape product requirements, build competitive offerings, and serve as the primary product voice.
Responsibilities:
• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Develop deep understanding of utility solar power plant requirements and translate those into product specifications
• Partner with hardware engineering teams to define system-level requirements, performance targets, and integration specifications for utility-scale solar power electronics
• Collaborate with energy storage product teams to design and optimize co-located solar-plus-storage configurations, including AC and DC coupling strategies
• Work with Sales, Applications Engineering, and Business Development to create competitive product positioning, application guides, and technical proposals
• Monitor global grid code evolution, regulatory requirements, and utility interconnection standards and define product roadmap responses
• Build and maintain technoeconomic models to quantify solar system value — including energy yield analysis, curtailment and clipping impacts, and revenue stacking for co-located storage
• Engage directly with utility developers, independent power producers, and EPC partners to gather requirements and validate product direction
• Develop technical documentation, product datasheets, application guides, and specifications for solar energy system offerings
• Track the competitive landscape and support business development and commercial teams on RFPs, technical proposals, and key account engagements
Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of experience in the utility-scale solar industry — with direct exposure to solar power plant design, system engineering, product development, or operations
• Deep understanding of utility solar power plant systems, including central and string inverters, DC collection, AC substations, plant-level controls, and SCADA; familiarity with module technology and tracker systems a plus
• Experience with solar-plus-storage system design and the technical and commercial trade-offs of co-located and AC-coupled battery storage
• Familiarity with interconnection processes — including POI requirements for large solar and storage assets
• Understanding of US tax policy impacts on project economics, including ITC/PTC structures and domestic content requirements
• Background in product management, applications engineering, or technical business development at a solar OEM, developer, EPC, or independent power producer
• Strong analytical skills — comfortable with technoeconomic modeling and presenting results clearly to customers and leadership
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to drive alignment across engineering, sales, and commercial teams
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• Believes in a world run on sustainable energy
Company:
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions. Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in Austin, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.