Aerospace & EO Programs Manager

HEICO; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA, a fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, is seeking a Program Manager to lead and coordinate infrared and electro‑optical sensor programs.

You will generate and manage program plans, schedules and budgets; supervise engineering, design and production teams; maintain risk, scope changes, and customer relations. The role requires collaboration with finance, procurement and quality to ensure on‑time, on‑budget delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large programs with technical scope.
• Strong project management and cross-functional leadership.
• Excellent communication with customers and teams.

Responsibilities

• Generates, manages and coordinates comprehensive program plans, schedules, budgets and technical performance for SBIR programs.
• Provides leadership and direction to the engineering, design, and production teams for program deliverables. Sets and continuously manages project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Takes ownership of program performance by maintaining intimate awareness of technical product performance requirements, and by enforcing disciplined concept and design reviews that robustly demonstrate compliance with those performance requirements.
• Ensures that same technical performance diligence is flowed down to SBIR's sub‑contractors and suppliers, and ensures that the same technical discipline is adhered to when validating sourced sub‑assemblies and critical parts.
• Interacts on a regular basis with customer program stakeholders to provide status and understand requirements and expectations. Manages the relationship with the customer.
• Proactively manages changes in project scope, assesses risks and builds contingencies into program plans.
• Works closely with SBIR engineering, procurement, production, and quality departments as well as vendors to ensure work plans and resource allocation support program goals.
• Supports proposal efforts by providing costing; schedules, estimated labor in concert with vendors and engineering; technical proposal writing and editing; kickoff meetings, TIM's and CDR's.
• Manages multiple programs (5 to 10) that total 10 to 15 million in annual revenue.
• Must be able to make programmatic decisions when presented with conflicting or incomplete information from technical staff. Understands and manages technical risks.
• Works with Accounting department to maintain ETC's, EAC's and spend plans.
• Stays in sync with Finance department on spending and on‑contract labor execution, to facilitate accurate P&L forecasting for CPFF and Percent‑Complete contracts.
• Provides monthly program updates to senior management.

Job description

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA, a fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, is seeking a Program Manager to lead and coordinate infrared and electro‑optical sensor programs.

You will generate and manage program plans, schedules and budgets; supervise engineering, design and production teams; maintain risk, scope changes, and customer relations. The role requires collaboration with finance, procurement and quality to ensure on‑time, on‑budget delivery.