Deputy Program Manager, Maritime USV Integrations

saronic.com; Virginia Beach (VA); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical Insurance

Time Off

Parental Leave

Competitive Salary

401(k) plan with company match

Stock Options

Life and Disability Insurance

Free lunch and drinks

Zusammenfassung

Saronic Technologies in Virginia Beach is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to lead end-to-end sUSV mission package integration, testing, and fielding. This in-person role requires hands-on coordination across engineering, vessel operations, and customer teams at customer sites and Saronic facilities.

You will own budgets, schedules, and statements of work, deliver status reports, and act as the primary liaison with government and commercial customers while supporting risk management and ongoing

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, systems integration, or technical product delivery, ideally within maritime, defense, or unmanned systems programs.
• Demonstrated ownership of program budget, schedule, scope, statements of work, and customer relationships.
• Experience coordinating cross‑functional teams across engineering, operations, and customer‑facing functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with technical teams, end‑users, and government customers.
• Working knowledge of small vessel Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical (H&M E) structures and systems.
• Working knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, and software architecture sufficient to explain how remotely operated systems work to internal and customer teams.
• Willingness and ability to participate in on‑water testing and field exercise events.
• Experience managing risk, configuration, and readiness for complex technical maritime systems.

Aufgaben

• Own program budgets, schedules, and statements of work, and control performance to customer and internal objectives.
• Report program health across scope, budget, schedule, technical objectives, and customer satisfaction to leadership and customers.
• Manage customer purchase requests from quote through delivery, acceptance, and invoicing, including supplier coordination, logistics, and the associated contract actions.
• Manage and track supporting logistics for customer events and integration activities, including customer acceptance.
• Lead payload and mission package integration with Engineering and vessel operations teams, from design through on‑water testing and fielding.
• Plan and run on‑water tests, exercises, and demonstration events.
• Own mission package configuration across builds and variants, ensuring configurations are validated and approved before deployment.
• Support configuration management activities of payloads and mission packages across builds and variants, ensuring traceability from design to delivery.
• Provide technical support for fielded systems and manage service campaigns, including maintenance, retrofits, and sustainment.
• Manage execution of product service campaigns, including maintenance, retrofits, and other sustainment activities.
• Travel domestically and internationally, up to 50%, to support field operations, exercises, and customer engagements; primarily to Saronic facilities and government facilities in the DC area, with secondary travel to Austin TX, San Diego CA, and other CONUS locations.

Kenntnisse

Program management

Cross-functional coordination

Maritime/unmanned systems

Budgeting & scheduling

Customer coordination

On-water testing

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Systems, Business, or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Saronic Technologies in Virginia Beach is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to lead end-to-end sUSV mission package integration, testing, and fielding. This in-person role requires hands-on coordination across engineering, vessel operations, and customer teams at customer sites and Saronic facilities.

You will own budgets, schedules, and statements of work, deliver status reports, and act as the primary liaison with government and commercial customers while supporting risk management and ongoing