Autonomous Warfare Programs Lead: Fielding Frontline Tech

Advanced Automation; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care plan

Retirement plan

Life insurance

FSA

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Sick leave

AFLAC

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Advanced Automation in Mountain View seeks an Autonomous Warfare Program Manager to translate warfighter needs into executable programs, moving commercial tech from discovery to fielded capability. You’ll shape acquisition strategies, manage diverse vendors, and drive prototyping, testing, and transitions for joint-force use.

Successful candidates bring experience across military operations, DoD acquisition, and technical program management, with emphasis on autonomy, robotics, or AI.

Qualifications

• Meaningful experience in at least two of: military operations, commercial technology, DoD acquisition, technical program management, autonomy/AI/robotics.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical programs with outcomes, schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholders.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments and make decisions with incomplete information.

Responsibilities

• Translate operational needs into clear problem statements, objectives, evaluation criteria, and acquisition strategies.
• Identify and assess commercial technologies and capabilities relevant to priority Department needs.
• Lead multidisciplinary programs with military operators, engineers, acquisition professionals, and vendors.
• Manage outcomes, schedules, risks, budgets, and dependencies from problem definition through transition.
• Develop competitive solicitation, prototyping, and contracting strategies.
• Design operational assessments to yield credible evidence and actionable transition decisions.
• Collaborate with vendors to resolve technical, contractual, and organizational barriers.
• Develop transition strategies moving prototypes into production or programs of record.
• Communicate status, risks, decisions, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Build enduring partnerships across services, commands, and industry.

Skills

Military operations

Commercial technology

DoD acquisition

Technical program management

Autonomy, robotics, AI

Job description

Advanced Automation in Mountain View seeks an Autonomous Warfare Program Manager to translate warfighter needs into executable programs, moving commercial tech from discovery to fielded capability. You’ll shape acquisition strategies, manage diverse vendors, and drive prototyping, testing, and transitions for joint-force use.

Successful candidates bring experience across military operations, DoD acquisition, and technical program management, with emphasis on autonomy, robotics, or AI.