Program Manager- TACAIR Programs

ZipRecruiter; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in San Diego is seeking a Program Manager to oversee the development of advanced communication technologies for the Department of Defense. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, project management, and experience with military systems. This role involves strategic guidance, project execution, and collaboration with engineering teams to enhance operator capabilities. Benefits include comprehensive medical coverage, paid time off, and a 401k plan.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

11 paid Federal Holidays

Paid Time Off (PTO)

401k with employer matching

Annual bonuses

Cell phone reimbursement

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in designing and implementing technical systems.
• Experience managing projects and leading teams in engineering development.

Responsibilities

• Lead various DoD customers in developing advanced communications technologies.
• Ensure cost, schedule, and technical requirements are met for all projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile Development

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Military Networking Systems

Job description

Job Description

About this role:

Do you thrive in innovative, design-driven environments with a high level of both accountability and trust? Are you passionate about delivering elegant solutions with the right amount of engineering rigor? Are you seeking a leadership role where you can take initiative? If so – we want to hear from you!

Fuse is looking for a Program Manager to lead various Department of Defense customers in the development, integration, and demonstration of advanced communications and networking technologies onto airborne platforms - driving long-term growth for these business areas. This role will oversee and manage all aspects of project execution and provide strategic guidance through all phases of development while ensuring that warfighter needs and requirements are integrated into our solutions. Our work focuses on DoD network and tactical communications providing a variety of communications abilities to TACAIR USN, USAF, and USMC platforms including tactical data links, line-of-sight and beyond line-of-sight radios, and crossbanding of IP data. This engineering-minded Program Manager must be passionate about enhancing operator capabilities with user-focused communication, network, and software systems.

Warfighter-focused design and development is at the heart of Fuse processes. Throughout Fuse development, our experienced team applies the best practices of commercial design-thinking, coupled with the DoD systems engineering framework. The coupling of commercially proven design with rigorous systems engineering enables Fuse to rapidly design, develop, and field solutions well within typical military design cycles. With an Agile approach to development (for both software and hardware), Fuse rapidly innovates, putting creative concepts into action, and refining those concepts through hands-on testing, user evaluation, and iteration.

What you’ll do:

1. Create and maintain strong working relationships with partners, customers, and industry stakeholders to expand our various airborne platform business areas.
2. Deliver innovative software, network, and hardware solutions that enhance network and IP-based communications.
3. Build our current system portfolios to expand to additional platforms and services.
4. Ensure cost, schedule, and technical requirements are met for all projects within the portfolio.
5. Work alongside engineering teams to optimize exchange of key metrics and resolve roadblocks.
6. Incorporate real-world operators into our development process to understand needs and requirements from an end-user point of view.
7. Provide input for strategic growth of the portfolio through project planning and proposals.
8. Drive strategic growth across your business area.
9. Insert focus on fixed-wing tactics and C2 integration into our system demonstration and experimentation.
10. Ensure system development environment and system attributes align with DoD security requirements.
11. Participate in demonstration planning with customers, engineering teams, and overarching experiment managers.
12. Execute technical demonstrations.
13. Oversee critical system integration and field events to meet system objectives and customer expectations.

Requirements

We are looking for:

Ideal candidates will have experience in technical leadership and early product development including requirements development, system design, system integration, and testing for complex technical systems.

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering field of study or related experience in an engineering field.
• 8-10 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, and implementing technical systems.
• Experience managing various projects and leading teams in the engineering development, testing, and deployment of complex systems.
• Experience with DoD R&D process and lifecycle management.
• Operational or developmental background with USN TACAIR platforms and systems.
• Experience with NAVAIR PEO (T).
• Working knowledge and experience with military networking systems.
• Understanding of system test processes, including producing test plans and procedures.
• Familiarity with Agile development and professional software development environments.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Current US SECRET Clearance.

Must be a nimble self-starter who is excited about technology and has the ability to think outside the box and suggest innovative ideas.

Nice to have:

• Management Degree, MBA, or similar certification (such as PMP).
• Experience leading development of software-based systems.
• Understanding of networking and network troubleshooting.
• Experience with military airworthiness certification.

Founded in 2010, Fuse is a veteran-owned business. Our San Diego-based company has earned recognition as an emerging leader in airborne, maritime, and ground networking.

Please respond with your resume, and in addition to your resume, a cover letter will be highly appreciated.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well.
• 11 paid Federal Holidays.
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 10 days/year (accrued) from date of hire through the second year, then unlimited.
• 40 hours of paid sick leave per year.
• 401k with employer matching.
• Annual bonuses.
• Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month.