Technical Program Manager

Motive Workforce; Monroe (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motive Workforce seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead complex electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from concept through prototype, testing, demonstrations, and delivery. You will coordinate hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, suppliers, and government partners to deliver integrated system solutions.

As a hands‑on program leader, you will own the integrated plan, drive schedules, budgets, risks, and readiness reviews, and guide cross‑functional teams across

Responsibilities

• Lead electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from concept through prototype, testing demonstration, and delivery.
• Own program scope, schedules, milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, manufacturing, supply chain, and field teams.
• Drive system integration across battery systems, electric propulsion, vehicle controls, onboard networks, autonomy, navigation, and third‑party payloads.
• Partner with engineering leads to define integration plans, test objectives, acceptance criteria, and readiness reviews.
• Lead prototype sprints, government test events, customer demonstrations, and milestone reviews.
• Manage government program deliverables, reporting, statements of work, milestone schedules, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate government-furnished equipment and third‑party payload integration, including interface, power, data, and configuration requirements.
• Support proposals and capture efforts for defense and government programs.
• Coordinate bench, dockside, HIL, and on-water testing.
• Maintain clear program reporting covering schedule, technical risk, test results, open issues, and required decisions.
• Support prototype builds, sea trials, customer demonstrations, and field deployments.

Job description

Motive Workforce is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from early development through prototype builds, system integration, testing, demonstrations, and delivery. This is a hands‑on program leadership role for someone who understands complex hardware and software development and can coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, suppliers, customers, and government partners. You will own the integrated program plan while working closely with technical teams across electric propulsion, battery systems, controls, autonomy, and mission systems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from concept through prototype, testing demonstration, and delivery.
• Own program scope, schedules, milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, manufacturing, supply chain, and field teams.
• Drive system integration across battery systems, electric propulsion, vehicle controls, onboard networks, autonomy, navigation, and third‑party payloads.
• Partner with engineering leads to define integration plans, test objectives, acceptance criteria, and readiness reviews.
• Lead prototype sprints, government test events, customer demonstrations, and milestone reviews.
• Manage government program deliverables, reporting, statements of work, milestone schedules, and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate government-furnished equipment and third‑party payload integration, including interface, power, data, and configuration requirements.
• Support proposals and capture efforts for defense and government programs.
• Coordinate bench, dockside, HIL, and on-water testing.
• Maintain clear program reporting covering schedule, technical risk, test results, open issues, and required decisions.
• Support prototype builds, sea trials, customer demonstrations, and field deployments.