To drive our growth strategy in the dynamic market of autonomous robotic systems in defense we’re looking for a Project Manager who will be responsible for the delivery of customer program deliverables to include hardware, software, and all product demonstrations. In this position you will have a significant contribution to the growth of the company. You will manage a portfolio of projects and will be accountable for delivering customer projects on-time, in-cost and to full customer satisfaction. This requires a holistic approach to project management covering all major disciplines tailored to the respective project sizes. In this role you will be customer facing and lead internal, cross-organizational project teams.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Manage assigned customer programs from contract award through delivery, ensuring timelines, scope, and quality targets are met.
- Work closely with engineering and cross-functional teams to support development and delivery of hardware/software systems.
- Maintain project plans, schedules, and risks, using appropriate program management methods (agile or traditional).
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders, partners, and customers to track progress, resolve issues, and keep programs aligned.
- Support program financial tracking, including budgeting and forecasting, in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
- Contribute to customer interactions, including participation in program reviews and support for RFI/RFP responses.
- Ensure adherence to relevant industry standards, including compliance and security requirements.
- Assist with logistics and planning for system delivery, testing, and deployment activities.
- Provide feedback from program execution to support continuous improvement.
Qualifications and Skills
- 5+ years of product and program management experience
- Substantial experience managing the development of commercial systems with applicability to defense applications.
- Proven experience liaising with cross-functional teams, especially engineering.
- Customer facing experience, US gov’t specifically is even better.
- Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills; demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment related to controversial or sensitive subjects; ability to handle confidential information with tact and poise
- Ability to travel between 20% of the time, both internationally and domestically
- Experience within the Aerospace or Defense industries
- Active U.S. Security Clearance or ability to obtain clearance
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Stock Options
- Unlimited PTO
- Health Insurance (includes dental & vision)
- Medical flex spending
- Life Insurance
- Retirement Plan - 401k with company match
- Enhanced maternity & paternity leave
About Auterion
We are building the leading software platform for AI-powered autonomous systems for enterprise and government customers. Our team is supporting the most important missions and solving the most challenging problems.
At Auterion, we bring together the sharpest minds who love to solve the hardest problems. Join a vibrant team built on innovation, openness, and excellence, where you’ll be empowered to develop ideas, collaborate across all levels, and make an impact that matters.
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What We Do
At Auterion we care about providing enterprise with an ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and third party applications within a single easy to use platform based on open-source standards. We’re leaders in an open-source movement bigger than ourselves and we’ve been on the same mission for over a decade, since our co-founder Lorenz Meier created Pixhawk, MAVLink, QGC, and PX4 (the world’s most widely used open-source drone autopilot operating system). Our mission is to be the drone platform of choice for enterprise, government, and drone manufacturers while accelerating the drone industry by driving forward open standards to create a common, future-proof roadmap in a thriving, open ecosystem of buyers and vendors. At Auterion, we bring together the sharpest minds who love to solve the hardest problems. Join a vibrant team built on innovation, openness, and excellence, where you’ll be empowered to develop ideas, collaborate across all levels, and make an impact that matters.
