Staff Technical Program Manager (R5791)

Dallas, Texas. Posted a month ago

The role

Lead the end-to-end execution of complex autonomy-enabled UAS programs, from requirements through deployment. Align multiple engineering teams, manage technical and delivery risk, and deliver verified capability to customers.

What you will do

Lead end-to-end execution of complex UAS, autonomy, mission-system, or customer-delivery programs.
Own integrated program plans, including scope, milestones, schedules, critical path, risks, issues, decisions and change control.
Partner with technical leads so requirements, interfaces, verification plans and acceptance criteria are clear and traceable.
Lead cross-functional system integration and test execution across hardware, software, autonomy, test, manufacturing, flight operations, cybersecurity and field teams.
Drive resolution of technical, programmatic and cross-team issues, including trade studies, risk mitigations and recovery plans.
Establish a multi-team delivery cadence with planning, dependency reviews, execution reviews and release-readiness reviews.
Coordinate delivery across multiple engineering teams, releases and customer commitments.
Communicate technical status, risks, tradeoffs and delivery outlook to engineering leadership, executives and customers.
Develop and use program metrics and dashboards to improve predictability and release performance.
Mentor project engineers and technical leads in integrated planning, systems engineering and risk management.

Required qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical or Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related STEM discipline.
Typically 8 to 12+ years of experience in systems engineering, project engineering, technical program management, aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, UAS or a similarly complex technical environme
Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional technical programs delivering integrated products or customer solutions.
Strong systems-engineering experience: requirements management, traceability, interface management, integration, verification and validation, test planning, and configuration management.
Proven program-management capability: integrated planning and scheduling, scope, resources, risk and issue management, and execution reporting.
Experience coordinating multiple Agile teams or workstreams toward shared releases and customer deliveries.
Strong written, verbal and executive communication skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
Willingness to travel up to 25%.

Nice to have

Active DoD security clearance.
PMP, INCOSE, SAFe Release Train Engineer certification, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Experience as a Technical Program Manager, Release Train Engineer, Integrated Product Team lead, Project Engineer or systems-integration lead.
Experience facilitating multi-team planning, dependency management, demonstrations and continuous-improvement activities.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, Jama, Polarion, DOORS, Cameo or similar tools.
Experience with UAS, autonomy, robotics, AI-enabled systems, mission systems, sensors, communications, flight test or fielded defense systems.
Experience supporting DoD, intelligence-community, aviation, maritime, international-defense or mission-critical customer programs.
Experience with manufacturing readiness, supplier coordination, cybersecurity, airworthiness, configuration management, export compliance or field deployment.

Benefits

Bonus for full-time regular employees.
Benefits for full-time regular employees.
Equity for full-time regular employees.
Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment.

Before you apply

All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance is required.
Salary is influenced by skill set, experience, licenses, certifications and work location.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.