Technical Program Manager – Aerospace & Defense

Teledyne FLIR; West Chatsworth (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Energetics seeks a Technical Program Manager to oversee a portfolio of aerospace and defense development programs, NPI, and production transition efforts for ruggedized systems. You will manage schedules, budgets, and cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, technical, and quality goals.

The role requires deep experience with regulated defense programs, strong customer interfacing, and a track record of successful program execution from proposal through qualification and into

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other STEM discipline.
• 8+ years of experience managing aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated technical development programs.
• Experience developing ruggedized electronic systems, embedded electronics, power electronics, sensor systems, avionics, or other mission-critical technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of aerospace and defense development, qualification, NPI, and production programs.
• Serve as the primary interface with customers, ensuring strong relationships and proactive communication.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Lead cross-functional execution across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Contracts, and Finance.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, statements of work, technical specifications, and contractual deliverables.
• Manage EACs, ETCs, revenue forecasts, profitability projections, and cash flow performance.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks while capturing opportunities to improve program performance.
• Lead proposal development, cost estimating, and bid activities for new business opportunities.
• Conduct customer reviews, executive status briefings, technical reviews, and internal program governance reviews.
• Drive successful transition of development programs into production while maintaining customer satisfaction and business objectives.

Skills

Aerospace/defense program management

Government/prime contractor programs

Program financial management

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Leadership of cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Physics/CS/Math

Job description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

The Technical Program Manager (TPM) is a high-impact leadership role responsible for managing a portfolio of aerospace and defense development programs, new product introductions (NPI), and production transition efforts involving ruggedized electronic systems and mission-critical hardware. Reporting directly to the General Manager, the TPM serves as the primary customer interface and is accountable for program execution, financial performance, customer satisfaction, and successful delivery of technical and contractual commitments. This position requires a technically strong leader with experience managing complex defense and aerospace programs from proposal and development through qualification, production, and lifecycle support. The ideal candidate understands the challenges of developing high-reliability products in regulated environments and can effectively lead cross-functional teams to achieve cost, schedule, technical, and quality objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of aerospace and defense development, qualification, NPI, and production programs.
• Serve as the primary interface with customers, ensuring strong relationships and proactive communication.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Lead cross-functional execution across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Contracts, and Finance.
• Ensure compliance with customer requirements, statements of work, technical specifications, and contractual deliverables.
• Manage Estimates at Completion (EACs), Estimates to Complete (ETCs), revenue forecasts, profitability projections, and cash flow performance.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, schedule, supply chain, quality, and financial risks while capturing opportunities to improve program performance.
• Lead proposal development, cost estimating, and bid activities for new business opportunities.
• Conduct customer reviews, executive status briefings, technical reviews, and internal program governance reviews.
• Drive successful transition of development programs into production while maintaining customer satisfaction and business objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other STEM discipline.
• 8+ years of experience managing aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated technical development programs.
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing ruggedized electronic systems, embedded electronics, power electronics, sensor systems, avionics, or other mission-critical technologies.
• Proven success leading programs through development, qualification, production readiness, and manufacturing transition.
• Experience managing government and/or prime contractor programs with organizations such as Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, or the U.S. Department of Defense.
• Experience managing program financials, including EAC, ETC, revenue, margin, and cash forecasting.

Critical Skills & Competencies

Strong technical understanding of electronic hardware development, requirements management, product qualification, verification, and validation processes. Ability to interpret and manage compliance to customer, technical, quality, and contractual requirements. Exceptional business and financial acumen with ownership of program profitability and forecast accuracy. Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of customer and executive organizations. Proven leadership of cross-functional teams in a matrix environment without direct authority. Strong problem-solving, risk management, negotiation, and decision-making capabilities. Ability to successfully balance technical performance, customer expectations, schedule commitments, and financial objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) development and production programs.
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, design reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR), qualification testing, and production readiness reviews.
• PMP certification or equivalent program management credentials.
• Active or previously held U.S. security clearance is a plus.

Why Join Us?

This role offers the opportunity to lead cutting-edge aerospace and defense programs that support critical national security missions. You will work directly with customers, engineers, and executive leadership to bring advanced technologies from concept to production while shaping the future growth and success of the business.

Due to the nature of the work performed at this facility and applicable access restrictions, successful applicants must qualify as a “U.S. Person,” defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, asylee, or refugee. To support a safe and drug-free workplace, Teledyne Energetics requires candidates to successfully complete a background check and pass a drug screen prior to employment.

Salary Range: $120,300.00-$160,400.000 The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne conducts background checks on qualified applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, education verification, employment history and verification, criminal convictions, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR & driving history), reference check, credit checks/credit history and drug testing. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day. Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.