Lead Technical Program Manager

Job Description

• Lead Technical Program Manager

Duties & Responsibilities

• Program Leadership & Execution
• Support program execution activities across advanced maritime, sensor, and autonomous system programs.
• Aid in planning, execution, schedule coordination, risk management, and technical oversight for development and production efforts.
• Assist with Basis of Estimate (BoE), Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM), and technical planning activities for proposals, IRADs, and customer efforts.
• Cover coordination across engineering, production, finance, supply chain, and customer stakeholders to ensure successful program execution.
• Support earned value management (EVM) activities, execution tracking, and program performance reporting where required.
• Operate in customer engagements, technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and program reviews.
• Integration & Demonstration
• Lead integration, checkout, troubleshooting, and demonstration activities for unmanned systems, payloads, radar systems, and associated subsystems.
• Create and execute system integration plans, test procedures, verification activities, and demonstration events.
• Support dockside, laboratory, factory, and field testing activities including on-water and customer demonstration events.
• Conduct technical troubleshooting and root cause analysis in dynamic integration and operational environments.
• Maintain integration readiness through configuration management, documentation control, and system verification processes.
• Support rapid deployment and operational readiness of demonstration assets and support equipment.
• Mechanical Engineering & Production Transition
• Lead or support mechanical design, integration, and production transition efforts across multiple hardware programs.
• Develop and review CAD models, engineering drawings, and production documentation.
• Support structural, thermal, packaging, manufacturability, and integration trade studies.
• Coordinate with suppliers, fabrication teams, and manufacturing partners to improve producibility, assembly efficiency, and configuration control.
• Support Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), configuration changes, discrepancy resolution, and corrective actions.
• Aid in transitioning systems from prototype and development environments into scalable production efforts.
• Support environmental stress screening (ESS), integration fit checks, assembly troubleshooting, and production verification activities.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Mentor junior engineers, technicians, and integration personnel.
• Operate as a technical intermediary between engineering, manufacturing, customers, and leadership teams.
• Foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams operating in fast-paced development and operational environments.
• Identify process improvements that improve execution efficiency, integration quality, and program scalability.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience supporting DoD or defense-related hardware/system programs.
• Demonstrated experience in system integration, integration & test (I&T), production support, or technical program execution.
• Experience supporting programs through development, integration, production, and sustainment lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of configuration management, production transition, and engineering change processes.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customer stakeholders.
• Familiarity with mechanical design tools such as SolidWorks, Creo/Pro-E, CATIA, or equivalent.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities in fast-paced operational environments.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with both technical and executive audiences.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• This position may require working in a lab or office setting with some exposure to manufacturing and testing environments.
• This position may require the ability to travel up to 15%.
• The role may involve handling hardware components and using specialized equipment.

Work Environment

• This is a remote position with travel expected to customer locations, manufacturing facilities, integration sites, and test ranges.
• Work will include a combination of office, laboratory, manufacturing, dockside, and field test environments supporting maritime and defense-related operations.
• The role may require participation in field exercises, on-water demonstrations, factory integration efforts, and rapid-response operational activities in support of customer objectives.

Clearance Requirements

• Some positions will require access to U.S. National Security information.
• Positions that require this access will be required to receive and maintain a U.S. government personnel security clearance (PCL).
• In order to qualify for this position, the candidate must be a US Citizen and either currently possess this National Security eligibility or be able to complete the investigation application process with a favorable determination and maintain that eligibility throughout their employment.