DEPLOYDatabase

Person

Milan Kovac

VP Engineering Tesla (Optimus humanoid robot program) 2022-2025; led Tesla Optimus hardware and controls development; departed June 2025 to spend more time with family abroad (per Bloomberg/CNBC). Replaced by Ashok Elluswamy as Optimus head. Previously at BMW and Volkswagen.

Belgian


Machine-readable surfaces

7ffd9bda-0d51-47f2-8d93-b3961c66f440

Board seats (1)

Former / Previously (1)

  • Tesla Head of Optimus (former)? to 2025-06-06Secondary-verified

Sources (1)

  1. https://electrek.co/2026/01/16/hyundais-boston-dynamics-scoops-up-teslas-former-optimus-head-milan-kovac/

Deploy Watch

Track Milan Kovac on Deploy.

We notify you when a verified role changes, a founded-company event lands, or litigation surfaces.