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Location:

Point Mugu

Status:

Full Time

Job Description:

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).

• 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.

• Requires MS degree or a BS degree with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in a technical discipline.
• Have 3+ years’ experience leading the planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects in the aerospace, defense, and related industries in a project management capacity.
• Have experience and clear understanding and management of complex system/component 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.

• PMI PMP or similar project management training or certification preferred
• Experience with aerospace product development, design, and Integration & Test life cycles.
• Ability to work across all disciplines, functions/levels as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Active Security clearance

Salary: the expected pay range for this position is $153,920 to $187,200 but is subject to change.