Jobs at Proterra

Own supplier quality for battery-pack components, including aluminum enclosures, hardware, fasteners, and distributor-sourced parts. Review APQP and PPAP submissions, coordinate engineering changes, resolve supplier nonconformances through containment and 8D corrective actions, and support plant-floor investigations. Track supplier performance using Excel, Smartsheet, and Power BI, participate in audits and supplier visits, and help improve quality processes. The role requires engineering drawings and GD&T knowledge, familiarity with automotive quality tools, and up to 30% travel to North American suppliers.

Supports budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, management reporting, and business partnership activities. Builds and maintains auditable financial models, analyzes financial and operational performance, prepares KPI dashboards, supports month-end close, and provides insights for strategic and operational decisions. The role also improves planning and reporting processes and partners with department leaders across the organization.

Owns Proterra’s AWS data platform, including lakehouse architecture, production pipelines, ERP and manufacturing integrations, telemetry data, Power BI consumption layers, and data governance. Leads technical standards, monitoring, automation, CI/CD, security, documentation, and platform reliability. Partners with Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Product stakeholders, prepares data for AI and Digital Battery Passport use cases, and mentors data and analytics staff.

Leads advanced product quality activities from concept through launch, including APQP, PPAP, FMEA, control plans, MSA, capability studies, and safe launch. Owns and improves the ISO 9001 quality management system, documentation control, audits, corrective actions, metrics, and process standardization. Provides structured problem solving, continuous improvement, cross-functional quality leadership, and coaching across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations.