Manager, Engineering, Stamping & Tooling

What to Expect

In this role, you will lead engineering for stamped parts and projects at Tesla Grand Rapids — from concept through design, purchasing, tryout, quality loops, and home-line. You will ensure engineering rigor, quality, and on-time delivery at program scale. You will lead, mentor, and develop a team of Mechanical Design Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Quality Technicians to own die design, design quality, and part dimensional performance across multiple concurrent jobs.

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end engineering for stamped parts and projects from concept to home-line

• Lead, mentor, and develop Mechanical Design Engineers, Quality Engineers, and Quality Technicians

• Drive structured quality gates using metrology and tryout feedback

• Empower the team to define and execute next steps (weld/rework, recut) to meet tooling dimensional expectations

• Provide oversight for efficient incorporation of product changes and evaluate timing, cost, and tool performance risks

• Prioritize people and jobs across a live portfolio under competing deadlines and changing priorities

• Escalate clear options and strategies to Site Director and leadership when capacity, cost, or cross-functional blockers require site-level decisions

• Represent Die Engineering with stamping and program partners and other Tesla sites on launch readiness, shipment status, and production support needs

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience

• 10+ years of experience in stamping die design, die tryout, or tooling program leadership in automotive manufacturing

• Deep hands-on experience with die construction and tryout: process/layout, castings and plate, binders and draw development, trim/pierce steels, dimensional buyoff, and rework/recut judgment

• At least 3 years in a people-management role with a proven track record of building and leading a technical team (experience leading 10+ engineers preferred)

• Strong decision-making ability under pressure, with a focus on timing, cost, and quality tradeoffs

• Applies first-principles thinking to challenge and improve existing die methods

• Communicates status, risk, and tradeoffs clearly to engineers, leadership, and non-technical partners

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally to support supplier visits, tryouts, and site operations