Technical Product Manager – Launched Effects Systems

Primary Responsibilities

• Define and own the product engineering for one of Griffon's Group 3 launched effects products.
• Hold the line on requirements, design priorities, and performance envelopes for your airframe system - aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, electrical, software, and payload all roll up to you.
• Write SRDs, ICDs, and CONOPS that engineers can build, not just check a box with.
• Run trade studies on platform configurations and manufacturing approach alongside the design and producibility teams.
• Get out to develop and operational flight test. Read the data yourself, identify performance shortfalls, and drive corrective action - don't wait for someone to hand you a summary.
• Own configuration control across development, qualification, and production baselines.
• Serve as the primary technical interface between Griffon's engineering teams and government program offices, primes, and internal BD. Translate field feedback and customer requirements into something the team can execute.
• Partner with SW development and external autonomy partners on PX4-based or custom GNC architectures.
• Support IPT working groups across aero, structures, GNC, propulsion, electronics, payload, and manufacturing.
• When the design matures, work with supply chain and manufacturing engineering to get it into low-rate production at the right unit cost and delivery rate.
• Track and communicate program status, risk, and technical performance to leadership and customers - no sugarcoating

Requirements

You should know your way around an aircraft development program, understand what integration involves, and be comfortable working at a test range or a factory floor as easily as a government program office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in aerospace engineering, including experience with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
• Experience with aircraft development programs, integration, and test ranges.
• Strong understanding of aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, electrical, software, and payload systems.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

N/A

Job Location

Madison, Alabama, United States

Position Type

US Citizenship Required

Ability to Obtain Security Clearance

Yes