Program Manager, Airborne Electronic Warfare

- Own end-to-end execution of airborne EW programs - scope, schedule, budget, risk, customer relationships, and delivery

- Manage programs involving hardware/software integration onto airborne platforms with all associated qualification and certification requirements

- Serve as primary customer interface for DoD program offices (PEOs, PMAs, SOCOM, platform integrators) on programmatic matters

- Coordinate across RF engineering, embedded software, FPGA/DSP, systems engineering, flight test, and production teams to deliver on commitments

- Manage contract financials - EACs, burn rate, margin, invoicing, and revenue recognition

- Drive requirements definition and management in partnership with systems engineering - translate customer needs into executable scope

- Plan and coordinate flight test events, ground integration activities, and platform qualification milestones

- Manage subcontractor and vendor relationships as needed for platform-specific integration

- Proactively identify and mitigate program risks - surface issues early with data and proposed solutions

- Support capture and proposal efforts for airborne EW growth opportunities (BOEs, schedules, technical volumes)

- 5+ years of demonstrated success managing or leading complex defense technology programs - delivering real systems to real customers on contract

- Direct experience with airborne systems: flight qualification, platform integration, DO-178/DO-254, airworthiness, or flight test coordination

- Track record of managing programs with combined hardware, software, and firmware deliverables in a defense or aerospace environment

- Experience as the primary interface with DoD program offices or platform integrators (prime or sub)

- Comfort operating in technically complex environments - you can follow an engineering discussion about RF, embedded systems, or signal processing without needing everything translated

- Proven ability to manage scope, schedule, and budget simultaneously without letting any one collapse

- Experience working directly with software and hardware engineering teams - not through layers of intermediaries

- Background in electronic warfare, SIGINT, airborne ISR, or aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) programs

- Prior experience at defense technology companies (not just traditional primes) - organizations that build and ship fast

- Experience managing programs with DCMA oversight, earned value requirements, or CPIF/CPFF contract structures

- Previous role as a mission operations lead, technical program manager, or field engineer on airborne systems

- Direct experience with aircraft integration (wiring, connectors, SWaP constraints, vibration/thermal environments)

- Relationships with relevant DoD program offices (PMA-272, PMA-234, SOCOM, platform SPOs)