Technical Program Manager
Leads cross-functional execution for an autonomous aircraft demonstration program, coordinating engineering, integration, flight test, and operations while managing technical risks and readiness. Requires a technical aerospace background and 8+ years of experience in integrated aerospace or unmanned-systems development.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day execution of the Hopper Demonstration Program across engineering, integration, flight test, and operations stakeholders.
- Drive integrated program planning, technical coordination, and execution tracking across multiple subsystem teams.
- Coordinate activities spanning flight controls, aerodynamics and performance, aerostructures, avionics, autonomy, software, and vehicle integration.
- Identify technical risks, integration gaps, and critical-path dependencies with engineering leads.
- Support demonstration campaigns, flight-readiness activities, and test-event planning.
- Facilitate technical reviews, milestone assessments, configuration reviews, and executive program updates.
- Align design, manufacturing, integration, test, and operations teams.
- Mature systems-integration processes, demonstration workflows, and execution rigor.
- Track and communicate program status, technical risks, mitigation plans, and schedule impacts to leadership.
- Support rapid problem-solving and decision-making in development and flight-test environments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in aerospace, unmanned systems, autonomous systems, or advanced aircraft development programs.
- Strong technical background in one or more of: flight controls, aerodynamics/flight sciences, vehicle integration, systems engineering, aerostructures, or flight test.
- Experience with complex integrated aerospace systems or unmanned aircraft platforms.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and driving execution across subsystem boundaries.
- Strong understanding of systems integration, technical risk management, and development lifecycle execution.
- Ability to communicate with technical engineering teams and executive leadership.
- Strong organizational, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- U.S. Person status required due to export-control regulations.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience supporting aircraft demonstration programs or rapid-prototyping efforts.
- Experience with unmanned systems, autonomy, VTOL, or advanced mobility platforms.
- Experience in fast-paced development or flight-test organizations.
- Familiarity with model-based systems engineering, requirements management, or configuration management.
- Experience with integrated flight-test planning and execution.
- Technical leadership experience transitioning into program management or technical program leadership.
- Active U.S. security clearance.
- Ability to obtain an S//SAR-level security clearance.
Skills
Program Management, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Flight Controls, Aerodynamics, Vehicle Integration, Aerostructures, Flight Test, Avionics, Autonomy, Software, Risk Management, Mbse, Requirements Management, Configuration Management
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