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Valeria Erives

Staff Technical Program Manager
Reno,NV

Summary

Hardworking and detail-oriented Staff Technical Program Manager with experience in project management, process improvements, mechanical design, and quality assurance in diverse manufacturing environments. Highly adept at working with diverse cross-functional teams.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Staff Technical Program Manager

Tesla
06.2023 - Current
  • Manage cross-functional teams of ~80 people to ensure timely and successful launches of new manufacturing lines of up to ~$40MM.
  • Manage our internal spares and procurement team to ensure timely procurement and delivery of hardware for equipment builds.
  • Provide technical leadership and project management skills to identify creative & timely solutions to key program challenges and mentor a junior TPM.
  • Accountable for creating, maintaining & communicating schedules & plans for manufacturing projects including process development, process validation, line design, equipment fabrication, FAT, shipping, SAT, SOP.
  • Coordinate build milestones with Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Design Engineering, Controls Engineering, Development Technician Teams, Facilities team, and Production team.
  • Track equipment readiness & communicate effectively status, road blocks & changes to all stakeholders and senior leadership

Senior Technical Program Manager

Tesla
8 2021 - 06.2023
  • Manage cross-functional teams of ~80 people to ensure timely and successful launches of new manufacturing lines of up to ~$20MM.
  • Provide technical leadership and project management skills to identify creative & timely solutions to key program challenges.
  • Accountable for creating, maintaining & communicating schedules & plans for manufacturing projects including process development, process validation, line design, equipment fabrication, FAT, shipping, SAT, SOP.
  • Coordinate build milestones with Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Design Engineering, Controls Engineering, Development Technician Teams, Facilities team, and Production team.
  • Track equipment readiness & communicate effectively status, road blocks & changes to all stakeholders and senior leadership

New Product Development Mechanical Engineer

Schlumberger
05.2020 - 08.2021
  • Develop new technology products for subsea applications validating functional requirements and concepts are in line with product and client requirements.
  • Create product models for concept validation and technical reviews with customers and validate design feasibility and manufacturability.
  • Create test plans, test fixtures, and coordinate Validation & Verification testing.
  • Create product and operations FMEA and coordinate with cross functional groups to review product reliability.
  • Coordinate with legal department and provide documentation to file patent applications.
  • Create new part records, drawings, manuals, and BOM including material and coatings selection.

Product Line Sustaining and Rapid Response Engineer

Schlumberger
11.2017 - 05.2020
  • Provide technical support to manufacturing plant, suppliers, and clients to ensure compliance of product requirements and industry standards (API, ASME, ASTM).
  • Coordinate and troubleshoot factory acceptance testing for product qualification per customer or industry requirements.
  • Create customized designs, BOM's, and product drawings of catalog products to meet specific client needs reducing design lead time from ~12 weeks to 4 days.
  • Coordinate and participate in engineering design reviews analyzing client requirements, product ratings, BOM, and manufacturability.
  • Disposition non-conformances and deviation approvals through fit, form, and function analysis and risk management.
  • Oversee designs created by Mechanical Designers and mentor junior Mechanical Engineers.
  • Create and sustain product design books and product rating calculators.

Product Line Sustaining Engineer

Schlumberger
06.2014 - 11.2017
  • Provide technical support to local team, suppliers, and clients to ensure compliance of product requirements and industry standards.
  • Participate in engineering design reviews analyzing client requirements, product ratings, BOM, manufacturability, and factory acceptance testing.
  • Serve as coatings Subject Matter Expert providing technical support, training, and qualification of personnel and coating supplier. Implemented new coating processes for sand blasting, zinc and manganese phosphate, xylan friction reduction film, and brush copper plating.
  • Disposition non-conformances and deviation approvals through fit, form, and function analysis and risk management.
  • Create and maintain BOM's, product drawings, assembly drawings, fixtures, and factory acceptance test plans.

Manufacturing Engineer - CNC Programmer

Schlumberger
08.2013 - 06.2014
  • Create CNC programs on EdgeCAM for different CNC lathe and mill work centers and provide technical support to CNC technicians.
  • Lead Lean Six Sigma cost reduction projects by reducing machining times through feed, speed, and tooling improvements.
  • Established new processes and created SharePoint websites to create and control CNC programs and monitor KPI's.

Product Engineer

Navistar
03.2011 - 08.2013
  • Design paint schematics and installation drawings for new custom orders on International Trucks.
  • Provide technical support on paint schematics and installation drawings as Subject Matter Expert for three different assembly plants in USA and Mexico.
  • Part of Engineering team in charge of Special Equipment Projects from customer requirements.

Quality Engineer and Quality Inspectors Supervisor

Labinal, Safran Group
05.2010 - 01.2011
  • Manage eleven quality inspectors that provide support to +100 operators.
  • In charge of final inspection of harnesses prior to shipments, Quality Alerts and KPI scorecard generation.
  • Follow up on corrective actions that assure product quality.
  • Follow up on Kaizen projects and 5S's.
  • Root Cause Analysis for top offender defects and preventive/corrective actions.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechatronics Engineering

Monterrey Institute of Technology And Higher Educa
Chihuahua, Mexico
05.2001 -

Master of Science - Management With Concentration in Sustainability

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
05.2001 -

Skills

    Project Management

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Software

CREO/ProE

EdgeCAM

Unigraphics

Enovia

Windchill

SAP

Jira

Confluence

Certification

Green Belt

Patents

  • Multi-Zone Sand Screen with Alternate Path Functionality: US20220154557A1 (Granted Sept. 2023)
  • Latch assembly: WO2022216933A1 (Published Oct. 2022)
  • Downhole connector orientation for wetmate connectors: WO2022192669A1 (Published Sept. 2022)
  • Fiber electric wet mate: WO2022155592A1 (Published July 2022)
  • Fiber optic wetmate: WO2022109157A1 (Published May 2022)

Timeline

Staff Technical Program Manager

Tesla
06.2023 - Current

New Product Development Mechanical Engineer

Schlumberger
05.2020 - 08.2021

Product Line Sustaining and Rapid Response Engineer

Schlumberger
11.2017 - 05.2020

ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor

04-2017

Green Belt

12-2014

Product Line Sustaining Engineer

Schlumberger
06.2014 - 11.2017

Manufacturing Engineer - CNC Programmer

Schlumberger
08.2013 - 06.2014

Product Engineer

Navistar
03.2011 - 08.2013

Quality Engineer and Quality Inspectors Supervisor

Labinal, Safran Group
05.2010 - 01.2011

Bachelor of Science - Mechatronics Engineering

Monterrey Institute of Technology And Higher Educa
05.2001 -

Master of Science - Management With Concentration in Sustainability

Wilmington University
05.2001 -

Senior Technical Program Manager

Tesla
8 2021 - 06.2023

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