What to Expect

As an Actuator Manufacturing Technical Project Manager, you’ll support cross-functional teams in process development, and capability expansion to enable in-house actuator manufacturing. You’ll balance technical expertise with strong organizational and communication skills to ensure projects meet quality, cost, and schedule targets. This role requires close coordination between engineering, operations, supply chain, and quality teams to drive executional excellence. A successful candidate will be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, while coordinating with other technical project managers to prioritize activities at the R&D facility to ensure effective utilization of capacity constrained resources, balancing between process development activities, and technology down-selection prototypes.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end project management for actuator manufacturing from process development to manufacturing line implementation
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation plans
• Coordinate with cross functional teams on multiple continents to prioritize and manage high-impact changes and drive improvements to all relevant project schedules
• Drive design-for-manufacturability and process capability improvements
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between internal teams and suppliers
• Manage technical documentation, validation, and production readiness reviews
• Track and report project status using KPIs and performance metrics
• Support sourcing, tooling, and supplier qualification for actuator components
• Coordinate production ramp-up efforts, including process validation and operator training
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing and project execution

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability

• 3+ years of experience in project management in a manufacturing environment, with a preference of high-volume manufacturing

• Strong knowledge of mechanical systems, machining, assembly, and testing processes

• Proactive, highly organized, and detail oriented, with strong technical communication ability - able to drive improvements across a global interdisciplinary team

• Proficiency in project management tools such as MS Project and Jira

• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities with a results-driven mindset

Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.