Technical Program Manager

CLIENT OVERVIEW:

This company has pioneered the first demonstrably proven, wide field-of-view, full-color outdoor augmented reality solution for dynamic, high-speed flight environments. They are an innovative and well-established startup in the aerospace industry with significant government revenue, ensuring a stable trajectory. In essence, their bleeding-edge solution integrates highly customized, life-like simulation directly into a pilot's real-world flight experience.

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Responsibilities...

You will manage the end-to-end technical lifecycle of major programs, ensuring all development activities align with contract specifications and quality standards. Key responsibilities include:

• Program & Contract Oversight: Manage the technical aspects of contracts, ensuring the design, development, integration, and verification processes adhere to contractual obligations and deliverables (e.g., SOWs, CDRLs).
• Engineering Coordination: Coordinate daily activities across systems, hardware, and software engineering teams to maintain momentum and ensure milestones meet the established technical roadmap.
• Technical Reviews & Milestones: Lead the preparation for and presentation at key program reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, and TRR. Develop and communicate internal engineering execution plans.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers, providing essential updates, managing technical requirements, and supporting validation activities.
• Testing & Delivery: Lead the technical setup and execution of integration plans, test events, and validation activities, including supporting final verification, acceptance, and formal sign-off.
• Risk & Change Management: Proactively identify and manage technical risks that could impact scope or schedule. Provide critical engineering input for resource estimation and design change boards.
• Documentation & Reporting: Utilize engineering tools (like Jira/Confluence) for planning and tracking, and contribute technical data for program progress reporting.

Ideal Experience...

• 5 years of program or project management experience, specifically within the defense or aerospace industry.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• A solid understanding of both the hardware and software development lifecycles.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively translate customer requirements into actionable engineering work packages.
• Exceptional organizational, coordination, and communication skills, with the capability to successfully manage competing priorities across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience with the integration of complex systems, particularly related to avionics or mission systems on military platforms.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies such as augmented reality (AR) in high-reliability or defense applications.
• Experience involving head-mounted displays (HMDs) and their associated integration challenges.

This company may require a Security Clearance in the future so candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance!!