Technical Program ManagerActive$220K

Costa Mesa, California, United StatesManufacturing

The opportunity

Here you will work on core product development for rotorcraft and complex systems, including but not limited to avionics, batteries, mechanisms, structures, sensors and payloads. The role requires high ownership and frequent collaboration with other core disciplines.

What you'll do

  • Lead an integrated, cross-functional program team of hardware, software, and: systems engineers to deliver capability that exceeds customer expectations

  • Own the entire lifecycle of technical initiatives, from defining requirements: and creating project plans to final deployment and integration on helicopter platforms

  • Serve as the primary owner and liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, and customers

  • Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive program execution, unblock: technical challenges, and accelerate cross-team projects

  • Deeply understand mission requirements and master technical concepts to: identify key dependencies, trade-offs, and risks related to airborne sensor integration and data fusion

  • Coordinate and execute frequent test events, from hardware-in-the-loop: simulations to live flight demonstrations

What they're looking for

  • Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to the successful completion
  • Direct experience with the integration of C4ISR systems, sensor payloads: (e.g., EO/IR, SIGINT), or secure data links onto airborne platforms.
  • Strong technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs,: software development lifecycles, challenges, and risks.
  • Practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and an: ability to apply them where best suited
  • Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to: translate complex technical issues into non-technical terms