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Staff Technical Program Manager, Air Vehicle Systems (R6044)

Shield AI· X-BAT Division – X-BAT Engineering - Mechanical
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Seattle, WA$191.2k - $287kFull Time EmployeePosted 4w ago

About the role

Experienced Air Vehicle Systems Technical Program Manager to drive execution across the air vehicle systems design team, coordinating subsystems such as flight controls, avionics, electrical power, thermal and fluid systems, mechanical systems, structures, landing gear, and vehicle integration to achieve milestones and flight-readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with air vehicle systems Responsible Engineers and technical leads to plan and execute development activities across aircraft subsystems, interfaces, integration, verification, and test.
  • Build and maintain integrated air vehicle systems schedules, dependencies, and execution plans aligned with vehicle-level milestones and flight-readiness objectives.
  • Coordinate with the teams responsible for flight controls, avionics, electrical power, thermal and fluid systems, mechanical systems, structures, landing gear, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test.
  • Understand the technical basis behind system designs, requirements, interfaces, and verification approaches; identify cross-system dependencies, surface risks, and drive mitigation plans.
  • Partner with system REs to manage air vehicle systems suppliers and external development partners, including schedule tracking, technical coordination, interface closure, and delivery performance.
  • Translate complex technical work into clear status, risks, decisions, actions, and execution plans, and facilitate technical reviews, integration checkpoints, and test-readiness discussions.
  • Support aircraft build, ground test, flight test, and development campaigns by coordinating resources, schedules, technical deliverables, and issue resolution.
  • Drive accountability and measurable outcomes while maintaining strong working relationships with Responsible Engineers and the broader engineering team.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 7+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or engineering leadership in aerospace or complex hardware development environments.
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional aircraft subsystem teams and a working technical understanding of requirements, interfaces, design maturation, verification, hardware testing, and system integration.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand underlying technical solutions, connect system-level dependencies, and work effectively with Responsible Engineers and technical leads.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage schedules, technical risks, decisions, dependencies, and program execution in fast-paced development environments.
  • Experience working with suppliers and managing external development partners, technical deliverables, and delivery performance.
  • Strong communication skills; ability to translate complex technical work into clear program-level execution plans, status, risks, and actions. Ability to work with export-controlled ITAR data is required; U.S. citizenship or other authorization sufficient for the applicable ITAR access is expected.

Skills

Required:Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering backgroundTechnical PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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