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# Lead Product Manager, PV Cell, Module, & System

- **Company:** Tesla Motors
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $204,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Apache POI, PDMS
- **Published:** October 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87004209/1

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

Tesla's Industrial Products team is looking for a Senior Product Manager to ownutility-scale solarproducts.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. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role sitting at the intersection of power generation, energy storage, and grid infrastructure to build a world powered by renewables.
What You'll Do

 * Define the product strategy and roadmap
 * Develop deep understanding of utility solar power plant requirementsand translate those into product specifications across cell, module, and powerplant-level
 * Partner with hardware engineering teams to define system-level requirements, product-level requirements, performance targets, and integration specifications for utility-scale solar products (including cell, module, and power electronics)
 * Collaborate with energy storage product teams to design andoptimizeco-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 and policy requirements, and utility interconnection standardsand 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 andvalidateproduct direction
 * Develop technical documentation, product datasheets, application guides, and specifications for solar energy system offerings
 * Track the competitive landscapeand support business development and commercial teams on RFPs, technical proposals, and key account engagements to support the rapid growth of Tesla's solar business