Tesla’s Software Engineering Head Is Said to Depart EV Maker

David Lau, Tesla Inc.’s vice president of software engineering, has told people at the company that he is stepping down, according to people familiar with the matter.

Lau, one of the few executives to promote the automaker’s products alongside Elon Musk, has been at Tesla for almost 13 years and has held the vice president title since 2017. His team is responsible for the software in Tesla’s vehicles — overseeing infotainment and information security to over-the-air software updates — as well as cloud services and manufacturing systems.