Technical Project Lead - Frederick, MD

Rohde & Schwarz; Maryland; On-site; USD 112,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Rohde & Schwarz USA invites a Technical Project Lead to join our Frederick, MD facility. You will coordinate production integration activities, track material status, and manage software/security upgrade deployments across fielded systems.

You will serve as the PMO liaison for production readiness, scheduling, and cross-functional execution among engineering, manufacturing, logistics, quality assurance, field services, and program management teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Technical Management, or related discipline (equivalent experience considered).
• Minimum 5 years' experience leading cross-functional engineering, production, systems integration, deployment, or technical program execution.
• Experience supporting production, manufacturing, systems integration, deployment, or sustainment activities.
• Experience managing technical project activities involving software releases, system upgrades, or cybersecurity remediation.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain visibility of production shortages, material constraints, and integration status for Frederick, MD activities.
• Develop and maintain site recovery and deployment plans for firmware, software, and security remediation activities.
• Track material availability, procurement status, and production readiness to support integration schedules and customer delivery commitments.
• Maintain production readiness dashboards and escalation reports for material shortages, blockers, and risks.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Microsoft Project

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS/Technical Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Recently named by Newsweek as one of the Best American Mid-Sized Workplaces in 2026, Rohde & Schwarz USA is opening a new position for a Technical Project Lead to join our Program Management team in our new Frederick, MD facility. The Technical Project Lead is responsible for coordinating production integration activities, material status tracking, and software/security upgrade deployments across operationally fielded systems. This role serves as the primary Program Management Office (PMO) liaison for production readiness, integration scheduling, deployment planning, and cross‑functional execution among engineering, manufacturing, logistics, quality assurance, field services, and program management teams. The successful candidate will maintain visibility into production risks, material shortages, system integration status, and field upgrade activities while ensuring customer commitments and program objectives are achieved. This individual must possess strong project leadership skills, technical acumen, and the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent activities in a mission‑critical operational environment.

Your tasks

• Establish and maintain visibility of production shortages, material constraints, and integration status for activities executed at the Frederick, MD facility.
• Develop and maintain site recovery and deployment plans supporting firmware, software, and security remediation activities for operational customer systems, including identification and coordination of required engineering, field service, and operational resources.
• Track material availability, procurement status, and production readiness to support integration schedules and customer delivery commitments. Identify material shortages, supply chain risks, and schedule impacts, escalating issues as necessary. Coordinate with Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Engineering teams as the PMO liaison to ensure material requirements are met.
• Maintain production readiness dashboards and escalation reports for material shortages, integration blockers, and schedule risks. Provide status reporting on production progress, inventory readiness, integration milestones, and risk areas.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage software and security upgrade activities for deployed customer systems.
• Develop deployment schedules and upgrade implementation plans in coordination with engineering and customer stakeholders. Maintain a master deployment schedule for software, firmware, and security upgrade activities across all fielded systems.
• Coordinate upgrade outages, deployment windows, and customer readiness activities with internal stakeholders and customer representatives.
• Track upgrade readiness, testing completion, approvals, and deployment status. Monitor upgrade execution and track completion metrics across all fielded systems.
• Coordinate software release activities, including documentation, training materials, deployment packages, and implementation plans. Support issue resolution and corrective action activities associated with software releases and security updates.
• Manage change implementation activities while minimizing operational impacts to customers.
• Track implementation progress through deployment completion and post-installation verification.
• Serve as the primary coordination point between engineering, operations, field services, quality, supply chain, and program management teams supporting production recovery efforts and field software/security upgrade activities. Facilitate recurring reviews, readiness assessments, and risk management activities.
• Develop and present project status reports to leadership and customer stakeholders.
• Support executive reviews by providing timely and accurate program metrics, status, and risk assessments.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Technical Management, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience leading cross-functional engineering, production, systems integration, deployment, or technical program execution activities.
• Experience supporting production, manufacturing, systems integration, deployment, or sustainment activities.
• Experience managing technical project activities involving software releases, system upgrades, or cybersecurity remediation efforts.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, deployment planning, and configuration control processes.
• Experience supporting customer-facing operational systems in a production, deployment, or sustainment environment.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite, and project tracking tools.
• Ability to work onsite in Frederick, MD as required.
• In order to be considered, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident able to obtain an interim or final suitability determination, subject to completion and favorable adjudication of the required background investigation. Candidates with the following preferred qualifications will be given priority:
• Experience supporting FAA, DoD, telecommunications, or other mission-critical systems.
• Experience supporting FAA National Airspace System (NAS) programs.
• Familiarity with software release management and configuration management processes.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles and system integration methods.
• Experience using Jira or similar project execution tools.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed deployment teams.
• Experience coordinating software, firmware, or cybersecurity remediation efforts for operational systems.
• Understanding of hardware/software baselines, configuration management, and change control processes.

The total compensation for this position is $112K-$150K. Total compensation includes base salary, variable pay (when applicable) plus benefits. The range is determined by the position, geographic location and level. Individual pay within the range is determined by several factors including location, education or training, relevant work history, sales incentive structure and job‑related skills.

Rohde & Schwarz is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rohde & Schwarz is a global technology company with approximately 14,000 employees and three divisions: Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity. For 90 years, the company has been developing cutting‑edge technology, pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible and enabling customers from various sectors such as business, government and public authorities to maintain their technological sovereignty.