Staff Technical Program Manager, Production
Core
Define and own the program architecture, schedule, cost, and supply chain risk systems for a first-of-kind autonomous combat aircraft production program.
Role type
Staff Technical Program Manager (Production)
Builds
Production systems for collaborative combat aircraft and missiles powered by Lattice OS
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Autonomous Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Complex technical hardware program management, schedule and cost performance ownership, cross-functional leadership without direct authority, quantitative modeling (trade studies, sensitivity analysis), supply chain risk mitigation, version control and scripting
Preferred skills
Lean Six Sigma, aerospace/defense production experience, Palantir Foundry or discrete event simulation, government customer interfacing (DCMA, USAF)
Technologies
Palantir Foundry, discrete event simulation, version control systems
Responsibilities
Build program architecture for early production to rate transition, own financial performance and program-level outcomes, drive prioritization decisions across functional boundaries, own the integrated master schedule, build cost traceability from floor to program KPIs, drive supply chain risk identification and mitigation, serve as primary program interface to the customer
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership