Engineering Project/Program Manager

Your Title: Engineering Project / Program Manager, Military GPS Systems

Job Location: Sunnyvale, California

Our Department: Program Management - Military GPS Manufacturing

Are you ready to be the pivotal link between our cutting-edge military GPS technology and the customers who rely on it?

What You Will Do
We are looking for a hands-on Engineering Program Manager to serve as the voice of the customer within our high-stakes, cross-functional manufacturing environment.

In this role, you'll be the primary driver for program execution, acting as the critical bridge between our customers and our engineering and production teams. You will be responsible for translating customer needs into clear internal action, managing expectations, and ensuring every facet of product delivery is on time and compliant.

This isn't just a coordination job; it’s a demanding blend of contractual acumen, technical understanding, and operational leadership—all focused on delivering mission-critical hardware and software programs.

Your day-to-day work will include:

• Act as the primary customer liaison: Capture detailed requirements, manage expectations, and communicate transparent program status.

• Drive program execution: Partner directly with engineering, support, and production teams to successfully execute complex hardware and software programs.

• Program Control: Track deliverables, maintain schedules, and develop risk mitigation plans to ensure smooth program closure.

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Program Leadership: 4–7 years of proven program management experience, ideally within the defense, navigation, or related manufacturing industry.

• Customer Focus: Direct customer-facing experience in a technical or programmatic capacity with the ability to clearly communicate complex technical topics.

Education & Eligibility:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, and the eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

• Industry Experience with military GPS or navigation platforms and working within defense contracting environments is preferred.

• Technical & Contractual Fluency: Hands-on experience with both hardware and software program lifecycles and a strong track record managing defense contracts, NDAs, PIAs, and TAA compliance is preferred.

About Your Location
This is a full-time, in-office position located in our facility in Sunnyvale, California. While the role is based primarily in Sunnyvale, there will be limited travel required for customer on-sites and supplier visits to govern program success.

Compensation:  Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Benefits:  Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.

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