Program Manager, Aircraft

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $170k - $210k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

📋 Program Manager

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Swarm Aero

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Seed on 2024-09

Aerospace • Defense • Manufacturing

Swarm Aero is a developer and manufacturer of uncrewed aerial systems built from the ground up for swarming operations. The company combines on-aircraft autonomy, a universal swarm node (sensor mesh and edge compute), and swarm-scale command-and-control so small teams can mobilize large numbers of UAVs in communications-limited or contested environments. Swarm Aero emphasizes high-rate composite manufacturing and concurrent factory design to scale production, and pursues both defense-focused applications (payloads in contested environments, detecting/tracking mobile assets, security/defense in depth) and civilian uses (cargo delivery, disaster response, resilient communications, environmental observation). The leadership team includes experienced aerospace engineers, high-production manufacturing leads, and senior military advisors.

📋 Description

• Own research programs end to end as the primary point of contact for government program managers and contracting teams • Drive program execution on the aircraft program with the Director of PMO, from design reviews through fabrication, integration, ground test, and flight test • Build and maintain the integrated master schedule across both efforts, tied to contract milestones and test events • Own budgets and burn, track against funding, and flag variance early with a recovery plan • Deliver contract requirements on time, including CDRLs, monthly status and financial reports, technical reports, and final deliverables • Run weekly reviews, technical interchange meetings, milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR), and status updates to leadership and customers • Run the risk, issue, and opportunity process and drive mitigations to closure • Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and flight test, and deconflict shared people, hardware, and test assets • Manage scope changes, contract modifications, and follow-on work with contracts and business development teams • Build PMO tools and processes for future aircraft programs • Report to the Director of PMO

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of program management experience • At least 4 years owning cost, schedule, and technical performance on aircraft, UAS, or other aerospace and defense hardware programs • Direct experience managing DoD research and development contracts (S&T, prototype, or 6.2/6.3 efforts) • Track record taking aircraft or aerospace hardware through build and test, ideally to first flight • Working knowledge of government contract execution: CDRLs, funded vs. ceiling value, modifications, and customer reporting • Hands-on experience with IMS development using MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet, or similar • Experience with budget tracking and EVM concepts • Ability to run several efforts at once and make clear priority calls when they compete • Clear, direct communication skills for briefing engineers, executives, and government program managers • U.S. person status as defined by ITAR • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance • U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations • Nice to have: Experience working with DoD research labs and innovation organizations • Nice to have: Program experience on Group 3 to Group 5 UAS, collaborative autonomy, or experimental aircraft • Nice to have: Experience with OTA, SBIR/STTR, or other rapid acquisition contract vehicles • Nice to have: Familiarity with airworthiness and flight test planning • Nice to have: Background at a startup or fast-scaling hardware company • Nice to have: Active Secret clearance or higher • Nice to have: PMP or DAWIA Program Management certification

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology company • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401k • PTO and paid sick leave • Monthly wellness stipend • Daily catered lunch (office) • Paid parental leave • Direct impact on a critical national security mission • A world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problems

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