Bloomberg | Tesla Engineering Chief Takes Break After Musk Displaces Him Bloomberg Musk, 46, had asked Field about a year ago to manage both engineering and production to better align the two departments, the CEO wrote in a tweet last month. Musk was responding to a report by The Information that said he had taken direct control of ... Tesla's chief of engineering is 'taking some time off' Tesla engineering lead takes break amid Model 3 production issues Tesla's Senior VP of engineering Doug Field takes a leave of absence |