Program Manager, Advanced Aerospace Programs

Aurex; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurex in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Program Manager, Advanced Programs to lead aerospace and national defense programs. You will oversee missile defense, target systems, and hardware development, reporting to the COO and collaborating with engineering, contracts, and BD teams.

The role includes program execution, risk management, and customer engagement. Responsibilities cover planning, delivery, and transition of prototypes into production, with an emphasis on schedule, cost, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent defense acquisition/PM experience.
• 17+ years of defense acquisition or aerospace PM experience.
• Delivery responsibility for aerospace/defense hardware programs with suppliers.
• Knowledge of DoD acquisition practices and budget execution.
• Experience managing cost, schedule, technical performance, and risk.
• Experience establishing integrated master schedules and program controls (EV).
• Knowledge of missile defense targets, launch systems, hypersonic systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Execute COO-assigned program priorities across Aurex, coordinating staffing and resources with leaders.
• Lead programs from planning through delivery and sustainment to meet objectives.
• Establish plans, WBS, schedules, budgets, and performance measures; manage critical paths.
• Track actual costs, commitments, estimates to complete, and forecast margin.
• Translate SOWs into defined scope, milestones, and acceptance criteria; manage CDRLs.
• Coordinate design/readiness reviews; track risks and nonconformances to closure.
• Manage supplier/subcontractor execution with Engineering, Contracts, Supply Chain and Quality.
• Integrate hardware, payload, launch, range, logistics, and test dependencies.

Skills

Delivery management

Cost and schedule tracking

Risk management

Requirements translation

Engineering coordination

Government/DoD process knowledge

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent defense PM experience

Tools

Integrated master schedule

Earned value / program controls

Job description

Aurex in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Program Manager, Advanced Programs to lead aerospace and national defense programs. You will oversee missile defense, target systems, and hardware development, reporting to the COO and collaborating with engineering, contracts, and BD teams.

The role includes program execution, risk management, and customer engagement. Responsibilities cover planning, delivery, and transition of prototypes into production, with an emphasis on schedule, cost, and compliance.