Principal Technical Program Manager, MMA
Shield AI · San Diego, California
CHECKED 5H AGO
Defenseonsiteprincipal$220k–$350k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead aircraft development for USAF MMA program from concept to flight test.
- Drive integration of air vehicle, autonomy, mission systems, and ground systems.
- Shape path to production balancing capability, affordability, and speed.
Ideal candidate
Aerospace program leader who blends engineering depth with ownership, thrives aligning diverse teams and government partners, and cares about delivering affordable, flight-ready capability at speed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical discipline or equivalent experience
- 10+ years in aerospace engineering, technical program management, or complex hardware-software development
- Led major aircraft, spacecraft, unmanned system or integrated aerospace program through development and test
- Technical breadth to assess integration dependencies and challenge cross-discipline tradeoffs
- Owned integrated schedules, budgets, risks and cross-functional delivery
- Worked directly with government customers or major aerospace partners on requirements and delivery
- Leads through influence and makes sound decisions with incomplete information
- Clear executive and customer-facing written and verbal communication
- Has lived and experienced a demo-build cycle
Lab profile
About Shield AI
Venture-backed defense-tech company building intelligent autonomy systems to protect service members and civilians.
What they build
- Hivemind autonomy software
- V-BAT aircraft
- X-BAT aircraft
Known for
- AI autonomy
- Unmanned aircraft engineering
- Aerodynamics and aerostructures
- Simulation and synthetic reality
Key facts
- Venture-backed
- Offices across U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific