Assistant Program Manager, Undersea & Navy Tech

Applied Physical Sciences Corp (APS); Connecticut; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Physical Sciences (APS) is seeking an experienced Assistant Program Manager to help manage undersea and platform technology projects in research, development, and low-rate production. You will collaborate with principal investigators and cross-functional teams to drive concepts to completion under demanding timelines and budgets.

The role requires coordinating schedules, budgets, deliverables, and government requirements, with emphasis on data-driven reporting and proactive risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of project management experience, preferably in DoD R&D or production environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication in order to accurately document and report findings to colleagues, customers, vendors, etc.
• Exceptional organization skills, note taking, and following up on actions.
• Proficiency in MS Project, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with principal investigators and diverse technical teams to develop plans and monitor program execution.
• Track and manage project work scope, schedule, cost, deliverables, risks, and help coordinate resource planning of multiple parallel efforts.
• Prepare detailed budgets, establish estimates-to-complete estimates, and assist in preparation of vendor RFPs and quotation packages.
• Support integration and test of APS technologies with Navy systems.
• Oversee, document, and record/report results from lab and field test events.
• Prepare slides for customer meetings and help lead internal engineering meetings, take notes, and distribute actions.
• Lead consolidation of technical data package(s) and other related deliverables and submission to the government.
• Support management of subcontractors and vendors through regular interaction, formal status updates, and on-site evaluations, including the disposition of defective hardware, subcontractor schedule risk mitigation, and evaluation of alternative technologies or components.
• Coordinate compiling past performance data and new quotes in support of new proposals.
• Reconciliation of subcontractor reported spending and invoices.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

MS Project

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Multidisciplinary engineering

3-5 years PM experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field

Job description

Applied Physical Sciences (APS) is seeking an experienced Assistant Program Manager to help manage undersea and platform technology projects in research, development, and low-rate production. You will collaborate with principal investigators and cross-functional teams to drive concepts to completion under demanding timelines and budgets.

The role requires coordinating schedules, budgets, deliverables, and government requirements, with emphasis on data-driven reporting and proactive risk