Staff Technical Program Manager, Autonomous Air Vehicle Systems

Shield; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead air-vehicle systems work for our next‑generation autonomous aircraft. This hardware‑centric role spans subsystem leads, integration, verification, suppliers, and flight-readiness milestones.

You will build schedules, coordinate across flight controls, avionics, power, thermal, structures, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test, and translate subsystem status into decisions for engineering, program teams, and executives.

Qualifications

• Experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or engineering leadership for aerospace or complex hardware
• Working understanding of subsystem interfaces, design maturation, verification, hardware testing, and integration
• Ability to manage schedules, decisions, dependencies, technical risk, and supplier execution
• Clear communication with responsible engineers, technical leads, and program leadership

Responsibilities

• Build integrated schedules and execution plans for aircraft subsystems and vehicle-level milestones
• Coordinate across flight controls, avionics, electrical power, thermal systems, structures, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test
• Track interfaces, requirements, verification plans, supplier deliverables, and cross-system risks
• Translate subsystem status into clear decisions for engineering, program, and executive stakeholders

Skills

Technical program management

Systems engineering

Engineering leadership

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead air-vehicle systems work for our next‑generation autonomous aircraft. This hardware‑centric role spans subsystem leads, integration, verification, suppliers, and flight-readiness milestones.

You will build schedules, coordinate across flight controls, avionics, power, thermal, structures, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight test, and translate subsystem status into decisions for engineering, program teams, and executives.