Technical Project Manager

New Directions Technologies Inc.; California (MO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

New Directions Technologies Inc. (NDTI) seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams on defense-related electronics warfare simulation systems at Point Mugu, CA. You will own project lifecycle from initiation to close, manage schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder reporting.

The role requires a MS degree or BS with 10+ years in a technical field, 3+ years PM in hardware/software in aerospace or defense, and the ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance. U.S.

Qualifications

• MS degree or BS with 10+ years in a technical discipline.
• 3+ years of project management in hardware/software development in aerospace/defense.
• Experience managing HW/SW development life cycle from requirements to SETR.
• Clear engineering documentation understanding for SETR processes.
• Experience with scheduling software: MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Ability to multitask.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams to specify, develop, integrate, test, operate, and sustain systems.
• Own and maintain the project master schedule and budgets.
• Develop dashboards and provide status reports, risk assessments, and outcomes.
• Identify risks, perform analyses, and implement mitigations.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

System Engineering

Risk Management

Budget Management

Stakeholder Communication

WBS Planning

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

MS degree or BS with 10+ years experience

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Since our founding more than twenty-five years ago, NDTI has been single-minded about delivering high-quality services and solutions to our clients. From the outset, the company’s founder decided that information technology should be both a key capability and an integral part of company operations. Consequently, we have succeeded in building a significant reputation in delivering high-quality information technology services and solution to our customers. Worthy of note is our success operating and streamlining data center and desktop computer operations through the use of data center and desktop virtualization solutions. Always adaptable and forward-looking, when cybersecurity threats emerged as a key concern, NDTI evolved our offerings to include information assurance and cybersecurity services.

NDTI has an exciting opportunity for a senior Technical Project Manager with strong technical and project related business acumen to support operations at Point Mugu, CA.

As a Technical Project Manager within an integrated Government and contractor team, you will play a pivotal role in driving innovation and operational performance excellence. The candidate will provide project management and leadership for cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams that specify, develop, integrate, test, operate, and sustain electronic warfare threat-representative targets and simulation systems for test and training ranges. The candidate will be responsible for the project’s life cycle (initiation, planning, executing, monitoring, reporting and closing).

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities

• Experience with System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) process (RQR, PDR, CDR, MRR/IRR, TRR, SVR, etc.).
• Development of Technical Data Packages (TDP) and related Configuration Management (CM) processes.
• Plan technical projects: Collect requirements and Define scope, identify stake holders, Develop project plans, create WBS.
• Schedules: Define, sequence, and estimate durations for activities; generate schedules with defined milestones while ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Budgets: generate, own and maintain project budgets, to include labor and material resources and cost estimates, allocate costs to activities.
• Risk Management: Identify risk, perform risk analysis and mitigations plans. Implement and monitor risk mitigation controls.
• Materials: track materials procurements, cost, and delivery schedule to ensure they support the cost and schedule requirements.
• Own and maintain the project master schedule, track deliverables, risk mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and on-budget completion.
• Manage the daily project workflow and interactions between disciplines and technical subject matter experts.
• Partner with cross functional teams in finding and implementing solutions to problem and challenges.
• Oversee operational processes, ensuring efficiency, alignment, and continuous improvement across the team.
• Stakeholder communication: Develop project dashboards and provide regular updates to stakeholders, including status reports, risk assessments, and project outcomes.

U.S. Citizenship is required due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements.

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance the for the duration of employment.

Required Qualifications:

• Requires MS degree or a BS degree with a minimum of 10 years' experience in a technical discipline.
• Have 3+ years of project management experience in hardware/software development and integration environment in an aerospace, defense or other related industry.
• Have experience and clear understanding and management of HW/SW development cycle from requirements definition , SETR design reviews, fabrication, integration, test, etc.
• Clear understanding of engineering documentation associated with SETR process.
• Experience with Project Scheduling software (e.g. MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet).
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Ability to multitask.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience with aerospace product development, design, and I&T life cycles.
• Ability to work across all disciplines, functions/levels as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Active Security clearance

Equal Opportunity Statement:

NDTI is an SDVOSB and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. At NDTI we value taking care of our employees and delighting our customers.