Technical Program Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Technical Program Manager

Location: Onsite - Hawthron, CA

Pay: $45-50 an hour depending on experience

Placement Type: 6 month contract with potential for extension

Environment: Fast-paced environment, collaborate with local/global teams, and work closely with TPMs and QE's

Top Skills

• Ability to take a technical concept and translate to non-tech
• Experience in hardware
• Technical writing and program management experience

Key Responsibilities

• Anticipate bottlenecks and manage escalations.
• Make tradeoffs while balancing customer safety, business needs, and technical constraints.
• Drive complex field quality investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action programs.
• Improve problem-solving velocity across Operations and Engineering teams.
• Establish and maintain pre- and post-launch risk visibility frameworks.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate product safety risks and field quality issues.
• Escalate and resolve issues in a timely manner.

Daily Activities

• Manage quality and safety programs.
• Work toward program goals.
• Assess product safety risks.
• Adhere to SLAs.
• Create and maintain written documentation and communications.

Additional Responsibilities

• Interact with Project Sponsors, Technical Program Managers, Quality Engineers, Safety Engineers, and cross-functional teams.
• Lead field quality and safety initiatives from planning through execution.
• Support field investigations and corrective action programs.

MUST HAVES:

• 1-2 years of experience within Program Management
• Ability to take technical concepts and translate them for non-technical audiences.
• Strong hands-on experience.
• Experience working in technical or hardware-focused environments
• Hardware experience.
• Technical writing and program management experience.

NICE TO HAVES:

• Coding and automation experience.
• Quality Engineering experience
• Ability to understand and analyze data.
• PMP
• Lean Six Sigma
• 2-3 years of Program Management experience preferred.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Hawthorne, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $50.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Hawthorne,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 21, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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