Rasika Patil

Master's

Industrial Engineering

TESLA, INC

Technical Program Manager, Cell Engineering

- Leading 5.3M project to develop labs for 4680/2170 cells used to test critical failures and replicate product lifecycle across Tesla - Work collaboratively with engineering, operations and global supply chain managers to drive all items related to NPI launch such as concept design, sourcing parts, Site Acceptance Testing, Factory Acceptance Testing, and Commissioning - Work closely with stakeholders to build production ramp up plan NPI launch readiness activities such as finalize equipment - Saved 32% costs by optimizing logistic routes/supply chain to meet company needs, building vendor relationships and negotiating the costs, finding alternative material in partnership with global supply chain managers - Saved 20% labor costs by de-risking the project, anticipating risks, compiling trade-offs and mitigations, thus reducing last - Developed RACI and redefined roles of cross functional team members, resource requirements and highlighted gaps across - Identified dependencies on owned project with the larger program and inform of any changes and drive actions proactively - Driving management meetings to report project highlights, progress, risk assessment, short/long term solution and make