# Technical Program Manager

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Arlington, VA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $160k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, dod autonomy, software programs, data management, simulation software, high-performance computing, real-time test systems, security clearance, Project Management, technical proposals
**Posted:** 2026-07-18

> Technical Program Manager leading complex defense autonomy projects for DOD customers. Acts as primary contact to manage milestones, gather requirements, create proposals, and bridge customer needs with internal software solutions. Requires 3+ years experience, DOD familiarity, and ability to obtain security clearance.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Execute projects as the single point of contact, track progress, and ensure successful completion of all milestones, metrics, and final deliverables.
- Continuously engage customers to understand further pain points and areas for more project engagements.
- Provide regular touch points with internal teams to update on customer use cases and workflows that current software solutions do not yet address.
- Evaluate project timings with customers and adjust resource needs for customer pursuits based on their requirements and feedback.
- Lead pursuits from customer RFQ release and create detailed technical proposals by engaging subject matter experts.

## Requirements
- US citizenship, able to obtain a security clearance.
- 3+ years of industry experience leveraging data and technical knowledge to support software programs.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electronics, Data engineering, Computer Science or related fields.
- Familiarity with the DOD autonomy ecosystem.
- Hands-on experience managing complex projects.
- Ability to travel to customer site (25%).

## Nice-to-Haves
- Active secret or top secret clearance.
- Experience working directly with DOD clients supporting DOD software use cases.
- Familiarity with various data management and simulation providers available in the market and understands their advantages and disadvantages.
- Hands-on experience with data or simulation software used for autonomy.
- Knowledge in both software and hardware aspects of software development and testing such as high-performance computing and realtime test systems.

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