Defense Digital Engineering Program Manager

Integer Technologies; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance for employee and/or a

Relocation assistance

Competitive base salaries

Year-end bonuses

401(k) with company matching

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Integer Technologies is seeking a Technical Project Manager for Digital Engineering to oversee defense R&D programs using digital engineering tools such as simulation and MBSE. You will coordinate university partners, engineering teams, and Navy staff to translate requirements into structured plans with milestones.

You will report to the Digital Engineering Director and connect academic labs with customer delivery expectations, thriving in ambiguity and building structure from scratch.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoW Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, or a related technical field.
• 4+ years of professional experience managing complex technical projects in a research, development, or test and evaluation context.
• PMP certification, DAU PM certification, or demonstrated equivalent experience in structured project management practice.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate across organizations without formal authority. Experience with university research teams, government customers, or prime/sub contractor structures preferred.
• Sufficient technical depth to engage with digital engineering topics (e.g., simulation, MBSE, digital twins, HIL, HPC).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to produce clear technical reports and concise briefings.
• Proficiency with scheduling and collaboration tools (MS Project, Azure DevOps, JIRA, Confluence).

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of concurrent defense R&D programs from initiation through delivery, maintaining technical roadmaps, work breakdown structures, and integrated master schedules.
• Coordinate with principal investigators, Integer development teams, and university research teams to align scope, budget, deliverables, and schedule without direct authority.
• Serve as the primary interface between Integer Technologies, Navy program offices, prime contractors, academic partners, and equipment manufacturers.
• Translate operational requirements and government direction into clear engineering tasks and deliverables for distributed research teams.
• Conduct regular risk assessments, issue tracking, financial reporting, and status reporting to the DE Director and stakeholders.
• Develop and enforce project documentation standards: design decisions, test plans, results, lessons learned, and configuration records.
• Produce executive-level and government-facing documents: program status reports, technical briefings, meeting minutes, risk registers, and communications plans.
• Apply sound project management methods in a research environment: design reviews, RACI matrices, issue logs, project charters, milestones.

Skills

PMP certification

DAU PM certification

Structured project management

Strong communication

Cross-organizational coordination

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/Applied Science

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Integer Technologies is seeking a Technical Project Manager for Digital Engineering to oversee defense R&D programs using digital engineering tools such as simulation and MBSE. You will coordinate university partners, engineering teams, and Navy staff to translate requirements into structured plans with milestones.

You will report to the Digital Engineering Director and connect academic labs with customer delivery expectations, thriving in ambiguity and building structure from scratch.