Aerospace Project Manager | IPT Lead

Aitech Systems Ltd.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Aitech Systems Ltd. in Los Angeles invites an experienced Project Manager to plan, execute, and deliver aerospace projects with IPTs. You will oversee scope, schedule, cost, and risk while coordinating across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance to meet customer commitments.

The role emphasizes leadership, process discipline, and frequent stakeholder updates. Remote work is not mentioned; candidates within 50 miles of Chatsworth, CA preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience as an IPTL, Project Manager, Senior Engineer, or similar leadership role.
• Experience managing multiple projects through development, manufacturing, qualification, and delivery phases.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Project.
• Demonstrated organizational, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and customer deliverables.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate activities across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to drive projects to successful completion.
• Due to export-controlled information, must meet U.S. person criteria.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage one or more projects or IPTs with scope, schedule, cost, and quality accountability.
• Lead cross-functional teams to achieve objectives and contractual commitments.
• Develop and communicate detailed project schedules with milestones and resources.
• Monitor performance and address schedule, cost, technical, quality, and resource risks.
• Coordinate activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Contracts, and Finance.
• Facilitate reviews, status meetings, and action tracking for timely execution.
• Establish budgets, labor plans, forecasts, and KPIs.
• Support Program Managers on larger programs while owning assigned work packages.
• Identify, assess, document, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Prepare status reports, customer presentations, and executive briefings.
• Serve as primary customer interface and provide regular updates.
• Support proposal development with scheduling and cost input.
• Coordinate customer deliverables and contractual milestones.
• Review customer requirements and ensure alignment with plans.
• Ensure compliance with requirements and quality standards.
• Support transitions from proposal to delivery.
• Mentor junior PMs and IPT Leads.
• Drive continuous improvement in PM practices.
• Foster teamwork and effective communication.

Skills

IPTL experience

Project Management

Microsoft Project

Cross-functional leadership

Scheduling

Budgets

Risk management

Customer deliverables

Proposal support

Executive briefings

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Project Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

MS Office

Job description

Aitech Systems Ltd. in Los Angeles invites an experienced Project Manager to plan, execute, and deliver aerospace projects with IPTs. You will oversee scope, schedule, cost, and risk while coordinating across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance to meet customer commitments.

The role emphasizes leadership, process discipline, and frequent stakeholder updates. Remote work is not mentioned; candidates within 50 miles of Chatsworth, CA preferred.