Senior Technical Program Manager, Production Engineering
Core
Own the schedule and cost performance of the engineering-to-production transition for new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining changes in autonomous combat aircraft and missile systems.
Role type
Senior Technical Program Manager (Production Engineering)
Builds
Collaborative combat aircraft, missiles, and the software powering autonomous weapons systems.
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Autonomous Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
NPI and change management discipline, technical depth in hardware design and manufacturing, engineering change process management (ECO/ECN), quantitative modeling for trade studies, version control and scripting, reproducible analysis pipelines
Preferred skills
Aerospace/defense NPI experience, proficiency with PLM systems and Palantir Foundry, background in tolerance analysis and process capability modeling, scaling NPI from prototype to rate production
Technologies
PLM systems, Palantir Foundry, version control systems, scripting languages
Responsibilities
Own the schedule and cost performance of engineering-to-production transition, drive engineering release readiness with clear criteria, assess ECO/ECN impact on production schedule and cost, track and drive resolution of engineering changes with downstream production impact, drive DFM reviews to ensure producibility before design lock, build systems to measure engineering-to-production handoff metrics
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
