Aerospace Fluids & Propulsion Program Lead

Jobtailor; Alabama; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead aerospace programs in Alabama. You will manage scope for test campaigns and flight components, develop resource-loaded schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and program risks, and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule to support on-time delivery.

You will collaborate across departments, interface with NASA customers, harness analytics and reporting tools, and drive continuous improvement in Earned Value Management and production readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or similar is required.
• ABET preferred for engineering role.
• 4+ years in thermal/fluids systems, test engineering, or project management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Experience with spacecraft development, production, or operations preferred.
• U.S. citizen or eligible to work in the U.S.; security clearance may be required.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope for test campaigns and flight component production.
• Develop, manage, and report resource-loaded schedules, production budgets, staffing needs, program risks and variances.
• Develop and maintain project schedules within the Integrated Master Schedule.
• Manage hardware status for internal and external demand.
• Manage budgets and implementation of capital equipment and facility projects.
• Collaborate across departments to collect data for decision-making.
• Interface with NASA customers to provide testing schedules and insight.
• Maintain software tools, analytics, and reporting for performance metrics.
• Reduce and close risks and identify opportunities.
• Partner with the business office to ensure timely product delivery to customers.
• Manage program metrics and reporting tools covering budgets, engineering, equipment, procurement and production schedules, status reports, and resource plans.
• Support program reviews and deliverable products by setting expectations, gathering inputs, and creating final products.
• Travel up to 10% of the time.

Skills

Project Management

Thermal/Fluids Systems

Data Analysis

Budget Management

Resource Scheduling

Test Engineering

Production Management

Program Metrics

Risk Management

Concept Development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

ABET Preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera (P6)

CREO

Windchill

Jira

Confluence

Tableau

SQL

MySQL

Power Query

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead aerospace programs in Alabama. You will manage scope for test campaigns and flight components, develop resource-loaded schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and program risks, and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule to support on-time delivery.

You will collaborate across departments, interface with NASA customers, harness analytics and reporting tools, and drive continuous improvement in Earned Value Management and production readiness.