Staff Technical Program Manager, Air Vehicle Systems (R6044)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Partner with air vehicle systems Responsible Engineers and technical leads to plan and execute development activities across aircraft subsystems, interfaces, integration, verification, and test.
• Build and maintain integrated air vehicle systems schedules, dependencies, and execution plans aligned with vehicle-level milestones and flight-readiness objectives.
• Coordinate with the teams responsible for flight controls, avionics, electrical power, thermal and fluid systems, mechanical systems, structures, landing gear, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test.
• Understand the technical basis behind system designs, requirements, interfaces, and verification approaches; identify cross-system dependencies, surface risks, and drive mitigation plans.
• Partner with system REs to manage air vehicle systems suppliers and external development partners, including schedule tracking, technical coordination, interface closure, and delivery performance.
• Translate complex technical work into clear status, risks, decisions, actions, and execution plans, and facilitate technical reviews, integration checkpoints, and test-readiness discussions.
• Support aircraft build, ground test, flight test, and development campaigns by coordinating resources, schedules, technical deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Drive accountability and measurable outcomes while maintaining strong working relationships with Responsible Engineers and the broader engineering team.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or engineering leadership in aerospace or complex hardware development environments.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional aircraft subsystem teams and a working technical understanding of requirements, interfaces, design maturation, verification, hardware testing, and system integration.
• Demonstrated ability to understand underlying technical solutions, connect system-level dependencies, and work effectively with Responsible Engineers and technical leads.
• Demonstrated ability to manage schedules, technical risks, decisions, dependencies, and program execution in fast-paced development environments.
• Experience working with suppliers and managing external development partners, technical deliverables, and delivery performance.
• Strong communication skills; ability to translate complex technical work into clear program-level execution plans, status, risks, and actions. Ability to work with export-controlled ITAR data is required; U.S.
• Prior experience working across multiple aircraft subsystems, such as flight controls, avionics, electrical power, thermal and fluid systems, mechanical systems, structures, or landing gear, on UAV, tactical aircraft,…