(Image credit: Tesla / SpaceX) Tesla has hired Gary Jiang, an Intel veteran who most recently was responsible for installing equipment and transferring Intel's leading-edge 18A technology process from development fab in Oregon to the company's high-volume fab in Arizona, as spotted by Electrek.co . The appointment marks the first publicly identified senior leadership hire for Elon Musk's semiconductor production project, Terafab , which demonstrates Tesla's effort to build an experienced semiconductor manufacturing organization from the ground up by hiring veterans from other companies. Tesla poaches an Intel veteran Gary Jiang joined Tesla in June 2026 after spending over 17 years at Intel, according to his LinkedIn profile. Interestingly, there is little to glean about his current role from his LinkedIn profile, aside from noting that he is a director at Tesla.…