Senior Technical Program Manager, Thermal Systems

1 Act; Lancaster (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex thermal product and system development programs from concept through qualification and production handoff.

You will own schedules, budgets, scope, and customer requirements while coordinating engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and others to deliver on time. The ideal candidate has strong hardware development knowledge, proven program leadership, and the ability to drive risk management,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems, Thermal, or related engineering or technical discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in engineering, hardware development, or technical program management, including direct responsibility for managing technical projects or programs, preferably within the aerospace industry.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering or hardware development projects or programs.
• Working knowledge of hardware development lifecycles, systems engineering principles, and technical qualification processes.
• Experience developing and managing project or program schedules, budgets, resources, and risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of complex thermal product and subsystem development programs, from initial concept and design through prototyping, qualification, and production handoff.
• Develop and manage comprehensive program plans, including schedules, budgets, resource requirements, milestones, and deliverables.
• Monitor program performance against schedule, cost, technical, and quality objectives, identifying risks and implementing corrective actions as needed.
• Serve as the primary program point of contact for customers, internal engineering teams, functional managers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, manufacturing, and multiple business units to ensure alignment on program objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
• Partner with functional managers to identify resource needs, coordinate staffing priorities, and resolve resource constraints.
• Plan and facilitate program milestones, technical reviews, and decision points, including System Requirements Reviews (SRR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), and Qualification Test Reviews (QTR).
• Oversee the coordination of prototype builds, testing, qualification activities, and hardware transition to production, ensuring compliance with customer and internal requirements.
• Apply systems engineering principles to support requirements management, technical integration, configuration control, and risk-based decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve program management processes, communication, cross-functional collaboration, and overall execution effectiveness.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Planning & scheduling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Systems, Thermal or related engineering

Job description

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex thermal product and system development programs from concept through qualification and production handoff.

You will own schedules, budgets, scope, and customer requirements while coordinating engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and others to deliver on time. The ideal candidate has strong hardware development knowledge, proven program leadership, and the ability to drive risk management,