> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2713873-technical-project-manager-automation-development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2713873-technical-project-manager-automation-development). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md).

---

# Technical Project Manager, Automation Development

- **Company:** Tesla Motors
- **Location:** Elgin, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $87,120.0 - $227,880.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Automation of Tests
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/85819558/1

## About the Role

* Demonstrated, applied experience delivering complex programs and projects
 * Experience aligning with project stakeholders, engineering designers, and equipment builders
 * Experience with complex electromechanical equipment
 * 5-10 years of program/project management experience in a fast paced, highly fluid environment or other evidence of exceptional ability
 * Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechatronics, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience

## Description

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to focus on supporting the project management aspects of our equipment design and build lifecycle.In this role, you will function as the key liaison between the manufacturing engineering team responsible for specifying the equipment requirements, and the technical team responsible for the development and execution of the automation equipment. The Project Manager will work intimately with these teams to manage high visibility / value projects, and will apply project management skills to assure the timely and efficient execution of the projects.
What You'll Do

 * Identify and document all project milestones and deliverables and keep project plans up to date, including resource allocations, tracking hours, monitoring schedules, milestones, deliverables, updating percentage completion
 * Manage timelines, resources, budgets, communications, quality, risks, whilst uncovering roadblocks, defining critical paths, identifying resource constraints, and any other issues that arise
 * Finalize project scope, define initial assumptions, and secure project resources
 * Lead and develop all activities around project kickoffs, scope definition, design reviews, acceptance testing, and weekly progress reports
 * Continuously monitor and measure project processes and activities to identify and communicate potential issues, risks, or problems in a timely fashion and provide corrective action options to drive to resolution
 * Lead cross-functional teams in design reviews, functional testing, and installation. Includes resource & dependency alignment, coordination of activities, and transparent communication of project status and risk
 * Conduct project evaluations, post-mortems, and drive process change to incorporate learning
 * Travelis expected to be up to 30%, primarily domestic with a potential for some international


## Related Videos

- [How to add test automation to your project: The good, the bad, and the ugly](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1668-how-to-add-test-automation-to-your-project-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly)
- [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle)
- [SMART Test Automation - the experience of legacy transformation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100215-smart-test-automation-the-experience-of-legacy-transformation)
- [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies)
- [AI as a Test Designer: Transforming Experience into Automated Testing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1984-ai-as-a-test-designer-transforming-experience-into-automated-testing)
- [AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100340-ai-driven-development)

## Related Articles

- [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology)
- [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)
- [Dev Digest 122 - Cracks in the polyfill](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/457-dev-digest-122-cracks-in-the-polyfill)
- [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development)
- [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)
- [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix)