Targets, Test, and Evaluation Senior Program Manager

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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Targets, Test, and Evaluation Senior Program Manager will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers, analysts, and geographically dispersed subcontractors in the design, development, manufacture, integration, and testing of complex hardware and software solutions for U.S. Government customers. The candidate will manage a portfolio of government contracts involving target missile development, missile range infrastructure, and test-range modernization initiatives.

This role requires strong technical leadership and full-spectrum program management expertise. Responsibilities include oversight of systems engineering activities, subcontractor performance, technical execution, schedule and cost management, and risk identification and mitigation. The candidate will guide design engineering teams, in-house manufacturing, and subcontractors across all phases of missile system development—encompassing system‑level design, subsystem integration, component testing, and range/instrumentation infrastructure.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. (other duties may be assigned):

• Works with management and other departments to discuss project specifications and procedures.
• Manage engineering resources to ensure all present and future products and services are of high quality.
• Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures and policies by providing leadership to a unit or group of employees, assigning tasks and checking work at frequent intervals to ensure production goals are met within organization goals of budget, time requirements and high level of quality. 
• Generally, supervises lower-level supervisors and/or professional staff and may supervise semi-skilled nonexempt employees which include some or all of the following: assemblers, technicians, machinists, welders, operators and clerical support, providing guidance to employees according to established policies and management guidance.
• Ensure that departments within the organization reach goals within budget and a high level of quality.
• Interacts with subordinates and/or functional peer groups regarding exchange or presentation of information.
• Determines work schedules and overtime (if applicable) and allocation of resources and equipment. Resolves problems as they occur.
• Pursues new ways to improve the efficiency of production.  Develops, plans and administers procedures.  Recommends changes to unit or sub-unit policies.  Coordinates, develops and implements standard operating procedures for functional area.
• Manages the adherence to prescribed procedures to ensure first pass quality meets or exceeds planned goals.
• Confers with department supervisors or leads to determine status of assigned projects.
• Prepares reports.
• Identifies obstacles to achieving business goals and provides solutions or seeks assistance.
• Ensures the working environment is clean, organized and safe for employees at all times.  Understands and ensures staff complies with all safety and environmental policies and practices.
• Works to avoid erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results that may cause scrap, rework, use of excessive overtime, and/or delays in schedules.
• Prepares and presents budgetary recommendations.
• Frequently interacts with subordinate supervisors, outside customers, and functional peer groups at various management levels. Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific project/schedules.
• Establishes operational objectives and assignments to subordinate managers. Objectives are reviewed by senior management to determine success of operation and are involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies which affect immediate operation(s) and may also have companywide effect.
• Regularly interacts with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions and/or customers.
• May be tasked to change the thinking, or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations.
• Manages th