Program Manager

** Due to the classified nature of our work, U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must be willing to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance*

Location: Sunnyvale CA, El Segundo CA

About Us

Pacific Defense is an industry in charge of developer of advanced RF and electronics systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers. We specialize in Open Systems Architecture solutions for the non-kinetic fight. Our vision provides cost effective, highly capable, modular, and rapidly reconfigurable systems to our customers in less than half the time of traditional defense contractors. Our team delivers sensing and effects solutions for the Land, Air, Sea and Space domains at an unprecedented pace. We accomplish this strategy by combining broad domain experience in Radar, EW, SIGINT, and Communications with a go-fast execution model leveraging Open Standards, like SOSA, CMOSS, and MORA, as well as rapid prototyping methodologies to bring our advanced capabilities to customers. The Pacific Defense family includes Perceptronics Solutions with expertise spanning signal processing, novel algorithm development, cognitive systems, high performance computing, hardware design and development, and systems integration and test. We embrace the diversity of people, ideas, and a great employee experience to drive the innovation that runs through everything we do. Pacific Defense has established an excellent reputation in our professional community and is growing our team to seize new opportunities to solve tough challenges for national defense. Come join our team and accelerate your career!

Who are we looking for?

Pacific Defense is seeking a Program Manager with experience managing advanced R&D, prototyping, and low rate production projects for Military and Government customers particularly in the area of military comms and battle management. This requires someone comfortable working with minimal oversight in a cutting edge, fast paced, multi-discipline R&D engineering/prototyping/production environment. The position manages programs and their underlying projects involving RF/DSP/Digital/Embedded SW design, PCB manufacturing, board assembly and test, mechanics, software, FPGA, DSP, and systems engineering and test. This manager leads aggressive schedules, assessing schedule & technical risks, delivering programs on time, guiding engineering teams’ priorities, managing cost, and interfacing with program Military and Government customers. This is a unique position in which the selected candidate will be given the opportunity to be hands-on with day-to-day activities, while playing a key strategic role in business execution as well as directly shaping strategy!

Requirements

• Experience with multiple contracting vehicles – CP, FFP, FPI, T&M
• Ability to develop detailed project management plans – Schedule, Cost, Staffing, Development, I&T and Production
• Experience taking a program thru the Requirements, Development, I&T, Verification and transition to Production
• Ability to work with both internal and external customers. Develop relationships and use to support execution and growth.
• Ability to develop details plans and establish metrics for Development, Integration, Test and Production execution.
• Demonstrated success in working well in a team and collaborative and distributed environment
• Ability to collaborate with ability to work in a fast pace dynamic environment
• Knowledge of Defense relevant RF and wireless systems
• Knowledge of Defense relevant communications systems
• Significant experience throughout the program lifecycle from development through sustainment to include: proposal development, requirements decomposition, generation of system and subsystem statements of work and subcontracts, risk management, and continuous improvement efforts including implementation for cost reduction and performance improvement efforts
• Demonstrated success in managing manpowe