Technical Program Manager — Electric Marine & Autonomy (Onsite MI)

Smartsearchonline; Monroe (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity consideration

Health & dental benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Motive Workforce is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from development through prototype builds, system integration, testing, demonstrations, and delivery.

You will own the integrated program plan, coordinate hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and government partners, and drive risk management, milestones, and readiness reviews in a fast-paced environment in Monroe, MI.

Qualifications

• 6+ years leading complex hardware and software programs.
• Experience with electric propulsion, battery systems, vehicle controls, autonomy, robotics, marine, or defense platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional engineering programs through development, integration, testing, and delivery.
• Experience delivering hardware programs to government or defense customers under milestone‑based agreements.

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.

Skills

Program leadership

Hardware & software integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Government program experience

Security clearance eligibility

Travel readiness

PMP

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PMP

Job description

Motive Workforce is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from development through prototype builds, system integration, testing, demonstrations, and delivery.

You will own the integrated program plan, coordinate hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, and government partners, and drive risk management, milestones, and readiness reviews in a fast-paced environment in Monroe, MI.