Senior Technical Project Manager – Defense Systems

Amentum; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager to support Navy launch test facilities R&D programs in Houston. The role emphasizes end-to-end project planning, scheduling, coordination, and execution across mechanical, electrical, data acquisition, and systems engineering disciplines.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in leading hardware-focused, multi-organization projects with rigorous risk and schedule management, and a proven ability to deliver complex integration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 12 years of Navy weapon system PM experience, or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years leading technical projects involving hardware design, build, test, certification, and delivery.
• Experience managing rapid-turn or schedule-constrained aerospace/defense projects.
• Strong technical literacy across mechanical/electrical interfaces, instrumentation, test planning, hardware certification, and integrated system delivery.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through ambiguous early project definition while maintaining momentum.
• Experience building integrated schedules, risk registers, staffing plans, and project status products for leadership and customers.
• Ability to manage interface-heavy projects with multiple organizations and external dependencies.
• Experience coordinating design reviews, test readiness reviews, certification readiness, hardware delivery, and integration planning.
• Identify when systems engineering, project engineering ownership, or formal requirements closure is needed.
• Strong communication, translating uncertainty into schedule/cost/risk impacts.
• Operate with urgency while preserving sound engineering judgment and configuration control.

Responsibilities

• Lead cradle-to-grave engineering project planning, management, and execution for Navy submarine and surface ship programs.
• Plan and execute quick-turn design-build-certify-integrate projects.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans (scope, schedule, budget, staffing, procurement, design maturity, test readiness, certification, delivery).
• Coordinate execution across mechanical design, drafting, electrical design, data acquisition, project engineering, systems engineering, test, safety/certification, and stakeholders.
• Define team structure, funding path, interface ownership, technical authority path, certification approach, and delivery expectations.
• Establish and manage the project's critical path, including long-lead procurements, instrumentation/DAQ, fabrication lead times, and integration readiness.
• Lead regular project status reviews, risk reviews, action tracking, interface coordination, and decision forums.
• Manage risks related to design data changes, uncertain environments, and late-breaking certification or integration requirements.
• Ensure documentation, design artifacts, certification products, interface agreements, risk posture, and delivery records are maintained.
• Escalate issues early when threats to delivery arise.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Risk management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (ME/EE/Engineering Management/PM)

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Amentum is seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager to support Navy launch test facilities R&D programs in Houston. The role emphasizes end-to-end project planning, scheduling, coordination, and execution across mechanical, electrical, data acquisition, and systems engineering disciplines.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in leading hardware-focused, multi-organization projects with rigorous risk and schedule management, and a proven ability to deliver complex integration