Defense Programs Lead - Hypersonics & Flight Systems

47G; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA) with公司贡献

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Program Manager in West Valley City, UT. You will lead defense programs from planning through production and delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, technical, quality, and contractual objectives.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field, 5+ years in aerospace/defense program management, and a DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one. Expect significant travel to CA & UT facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or equivalent experience in engineering, business program management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned programs through planning, development, qualification, production, delivery, and contract completion.
• Owns performance against cost, schedule, technical, quality, contractual, and customer objectives.
• Develops and maintains integrated program plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource requirements, and performance metrics.
• Coordinates cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, contracts, finance, and test organizations.
• Serves as a primary interface for customers, prime contractors, government stakeholders, suppliers, and internal leadership.
• Identifies technical, programmatic, supply-chain, cost, and schedule risks and drives mitigation and recovery plans.
• Leads composite material development, fabrication, and integration activities to ensure alignment with program technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Coordinates cross-functional execution for composite tooling, layup, curing, inspection, and qualification processes to meet stringent defense and flight-hardware requirements.
• Leads recurring program reviews and communicates financial performance, risks, decisions, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Supports design reviews, test-readiness reviews, qualification activities, production-readiness reviews, and customer acceptance events.
• Manages contractual deliverables, statements of work, program changes, customer requests, and scope changes.
• Supports proposals, estimates, contract negotiations, follow-on opportunities, and program-growth activities.
• Role requires frequent travel up to 50% to our California and Utah facilities.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Business Program Management, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Program Manager in West Valley City, UT. You will lead defense programs from planning through production and delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, technical, quality, and contractual objectives.

The role requires a BS in engineering or related field, 5+ years in aerospace/defense program management, and a DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one. Expect significant travel to CA & UT facilities.