Actuator Systems TPM - Lead Hardware Programs

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own actuator development and integration from system goals through production readiness. The role spans mechanical, electrical, firmware, harnessing, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing, and supply chain, requiring in-person presence in San Francisco four days a week.

You will drive end-to-end actuator programs, manage scope, and coordinate across ME, EE, firmware, and manufacturing to achieve timely, robust

Qualifications

• Led complex electromechanical hardware programs from development through manufacturing.
• Able to reason about an actuator's internal architecture and how it integrates into the larger system via PCBAs, connectors, and cables.
• Work across ME, EE, firmware, interconnecting harnesses, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing and supply chain.
• Understand hardware development realities including prototype cycles, long-lead parts, suppliers, testing, design changes, and production ramp.

Responsibilities

• Drive actuator programs end-to-end, aligning scope, milestones, interfaces, dependencies, and exit criteria across engineering teams.
• Drive scope lock and technical convergence for sprints, MVPs, and stretch goals while connecting component decisions to system performance.
• Coordinate actuator development across motors, gears, sensing, electronics, and firmware, and align the electrical and mechanical interfaces that connect actuators to the broader robot.
• Lead validation planning from early prototypes through engineering validation, reliability testing, and production readiness.
• Drive tradeoff decisions across cost, quality, performance, schedule, and lead time by collaborating cross-functionally and quantifying impact to meet program deliverables.
• Establish effective mechanisms for technical reviews, change control, design releases, decision tracking, and manufacturing readiness.
• Surface risks early and drive decisions, owners, and actions to closure.

Skills

Actuator development

Cross-functional leadership

Electromechanical systems

Hardware integration

Project planning

Risk management

Tools

PCBAs

Harnessing

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own actuator development and integration from system goals through production readiness. The role spans mechanical, electrical, firmware, harnessing, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing, and supply chain, requiring in-person presence in San Francisco four days a week.

You will drive end-to-end actuator programs, manage scope, and coordinate across ME, EE, firmware, and manufacturing to achieve timely, robust