Senior Hardware TPM - Defense Systems Architect

IERUS Technologies Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IERUS Technologies is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead a hardware-focused engineering program. You will own architecture, requirements, and verification while managing cost, schedule, and staffing for a cross-disciplinary team from concept through production.

You will act as the primary customer-facing technical lead, participate in formal design reviews, and drive risk mitigation across engineering disciplines in a quality-driven DoD environment. Huntsville, AL-based role.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of progressive engineering experience in aerospace/defense, including hardware development leadership.
• Experience owning or co-owning program cost, schedule, and technical baseline for an engineering effort of meaningful scope (> $1M).
• Working knowledge of hardware qualification and design standards MIL-STD-810/461/882 or equivalent and DoD systems engineering review processes.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a customer-facing technical lead, including presenting at formal design reviews.
• Experience in AS9100 or ISO9001 certified environments and a CMMI-appraised development environment.
• U.S. Citizen
• Active Secret clearance (Top Secret eligibility preferred).
• MS or MBA in a related technical or management discipline.
• Experience as IPT lead, CAM, or similar cost/schedule-accountable role.
• Experience leading multi-domain teams (RF electronics, embedded software/firmware, mechanical, systems).
• Familiarity with Program Financial Reporting.
• Experience authoring or reviewing technical proposal volumes and Basis of Estimates.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical authority for the program, owning the system architecture, requirements baseline, interface documents, and verification strategy.
• Own program cost, schedule, and staffing — including Integrated Master Schedule and resource allocation across engineering disciplines.
• Lead the engineering team through the full hardware lifecycle: concept, design, prototyping, environmental qualification, integration & test, transition to production, and sustainment.
• Serve as the primary customer-facing technical and programmatic point of contact at formal reviews and technical interchange meetings.
• Identify, assess, and manage technical, cost, and schedule risks, maintaining a risk register and driving mitigations.
• Lead or support engineering estimating and Basis of Estimates for follow-on work and new business capture.
• Ensure engineering execution adheres to design and environmental standards for hardware qualification (MIL-STD-810/461/882) per requirements.
• Coordinate requirements traceability, configuration management, and change control, chairing or supporting change boards and reviews.
• Partner with engineering managers on staffing, task assignment, and performance management across teams.
• Maintain compliance with the company’s quality management system and participate in internal and customer-facing audits.

Skills

Program management

Systems engineering

Hardware development

Customer-facing

DoD standards knowledge

Quality management

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Systems Engineering

MS or MBA in related discipline

Job description

IERUS Technologies is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead a hardware-focused engineering program. You will own architecture, requirements, and verification while managing cost, schedule, and staffing for a cross-disciplinary team from concept through production.

You will act as the primary customer-facing technical lead, participate in formal design reviews, and drive risk mitigation across engineering disciplines in a quality-driven DoD environment. Huntsville, AL-based role.