Technical Program Manager Mission Autonomy
Shield AI is a U.S. defense-technology company developing mission-autonomy software and autonomous aircraft for military and allied operations.
Funding history
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About Shield AI
Founded in 2015, Shield AI builds Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft for operations in contested, GPS- and communications-denied environments. Its current site also presents Aechelon synthetic-reality simulation and Vision Systems detection and tracking products.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage the integration of Hivemind autonomy software onto X-BAT. You will align aircraft and software development, own integrated plans and budgets, coordinate readiness across lab, ground, and flight testing, mitigate risks, report program status, maintain technical documentation, and support autonomy-integration business development.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree, 9 years with a Master's degree, 7 years with a PhD, or equivalent experience
- Experience leading complex cross-functional engineering programs from concept through production and operational deployment
- Technical understanding of software-enabled systems, autonomy, aerospace systems, or complex integrated products
- Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, and technical performance
- Experience with Program Management Reviews, gate reviews, and estimates
- Communication and stakeholder-management skills across distributed teams
- Analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
- Lead integration of Hivemind autonomy software onto X-BAT
- Align software development with aircraft integration, manufacturing, lab availability, and flight-test schedules
- Define program objectives with product, engineering, operations, and executive stakeholders
- Own integrated project plans, including scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resource allocation
- Evaluate customer priorities, technical risks, cost constraints, and schedule demands
- Facilitate technical and programmatic decision-making across cross-functional teams
- Coordinate system integration across labs, ground test, and flight-test operations
- Drive readiness reviews, integration milestones, and closure of technical dependencies
- Identify bottlenecks and critical-path risks and drive mitigation strategies
- Conduct critical-path analyses and support gate reviews, PMRs, and EACs
- Track and report program financials, resources, schedules, integration status, and customer deliverables
- Support proposals, RFIs, RFPs, technical evaluations, and customer engagements
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
- Equity
- Temporary benefits package after 60 days of employment