Senior UAS Engineering Program Lead

Heven AeroTech; Bingen (WA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Job summary

Heven AeroTech is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive the technical execution of unmanned aircraft systems programs. You will own the integrated master schedule, translate requirements into actionable work plans, and align multi-disciplinary teams against cost, schedule, and performance targets.

You will build and improve engineering PM processes, manage budgets and staffing, and communicate status to leadership and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 4–10 years of experience in engineering project management or PM within UAS/aerospace/defense.
• Technical fluency to read drawings, requirements, interfaces, and test data.
• Proven experience building integrated schedules (MS Project, Smartsheet).
• Experience with risk registers, action tracking, and design review gating (PDR/CDR).
• Experience improving engineering PM processes, templates, or tools.
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical PM for one or more UAS programs across airframe, propulsion, avionics, flight software, and payload.
• Develop and maintain IMS, WBS, and critical path; identify schedule risks and drive mitigations.
• Translate requirements and verification plans into actionable task plans and staffing.
• Plan and facilitate design reviews and milestones (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, flight readiness).
• Own program-level tech risk management and mitigation; manage engineering change control.
• Develop and improve PM processes, templates, and tools across programs.
• Coordinate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and test/flight ops for deliverables.
• Interface with leadership and customers; prepare program reviews and status reports.

Job description

Heven AeroTech is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager to plan, coordinate, and drive the technical execution of unmanned aircraft systems programs. You will own the integrated master schedule, translate requirements into actionable work plans, and align multi-disciplinary teams against cost, schedule, and performance targets.

You will build and improve engineering PM processes, manage budgets and staffing, and communicate status to leadership and customers.