Remote Program Manager — Aerospace Defense & DoD Programs

DeepCamp; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Wellness stipend

Catered lunch

PTO

Health benefits & 401k

Job summary

Swarm Aero seeks a seasoned Program Manager to own end-to-end DoD aerospace programs, driving cost, schedule, risk, and customer relations from design through flight test.

You will build the integrated master schedule, manage budgets and reporting, and coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and QA, while complying with ITAR requirements in a fast‑growing startup environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program management, with at least 4 years owning cost, schedule, and technical performance on aircraft, UAS, or other aerospace and defense hardware programs.
• Direct experience managing DoD research and development contracts (S&T, prototype, or 6.2/6.3 efforts).
• Track record taking aircraft or aerospace hardware through build and test, ideally to first flight.
• Working knowledge of government contract execution: CDRLs, funded vs. ceiling value, modifications, and customer reporting.
• Hands-on with IMS development (MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet or similar), budget tracking, and EVM concepts
• Ability to run several efforts at once and make clear priority calls when they compete.
• Clear, direct communicator who can brief an engineer, an executive, and a government program manager
• U.S. person status as defined by ITAR, and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance

Responsibilities

• Own our research programs end to end as the primary point of contact for government program managers and contracting teams
• Drive program execution on our aircraft program with the Director of PMO, from design reviews through fabrication, integration, ground test, and flight test
• Build and maintain the integrated master schedule (IMS) across both efforts, tied to contract milestones and test events
• Own budgets and burn, track against funding, and flag variance early with a recovery plan
• Deliver contract requirements on time: CDRLs, monthly status and financial reports, technical reports, and final deliverables
• Run the program cadence: weekly reviews, technical interchange meetings, milestone reviews (PDR, CDR, TRR), and status to leadership and customers
• Run the risk, issue, and opportunity process and drive mitigations to closure
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and flight test, and deconflict shared people, hardware, and test assets between efforts
• Manage scope changes, contract modifications, and follow-on work with our contracts and business development teams
• Build the PMO tools and processes we will need as we add aircraft programs

Skills

Program management

DoD contracts experience

IMS development

EVM concepts

Clear communicator

ITAR/compliance (U.S. person)

Schedule management

Education

PMP/DAWIA Program Management certification

Tools

MS Project

Primavera

Smartsheet

Job description

Swarm Aero seeks a seasoned Program Manager to own end-to-end DoD aerospace programs, driving cost, schedule, risk, and customer relations from design through flight test.

You will build the integrated master schedule, manage budgets and reporting, and coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and QA, while complying with ITAR requirements in a fast‑growing startup environment.