Associate Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Own downstream program management for platforms from first flight through handoff to customer training and demo teams
• Maintain schedules and drive programs toward key milestones
• Align engineering and growth teams to ensure sales commitments reflect technical reality
• Support product handoffs to customer support and training teams during US-based exercises
• Review statements of work in partnership with the growth team
• Operate platforms in the field, including flying them
• Translate field observations back to engineering and product teams

Requirements

• Operational and program/project management experience, ideally including military service
• Technical expertise in software, hardware, unmanned systems, robotics, aviation, aerospace, or mechanical engineering
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering teams
• Strong organizational skills and discipline to manage multiple priorities
• Comfort working in a fast-scaling startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Defense-tech background
• Experience with unmanned systems, ISR, robotics, or aviation
• Agricultural-drone operational experience
• Familiarity with growth-stage company dynamics
• Willingness to travel internationally occasionally

About the Company

A venture-backed defense-technology startup building autonomous aerial systems for defense customers.