Sr. Product Manager, Utility Scale Solar Products

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Sr. Product Manager, Utility Scale Solar Products

| Job Category | Engineering & Information Technology | | Location | Palo Alto, California | | Req. ID | 269192 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

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. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role sitting at the intersection of power electronics, grid infrastructure, and energy storage.

What You’ll Do

• 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

What You’ll Bring

• 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

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

• Expected Compensation

• $112,000 - $204,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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