Swarm Aero is an aerospace and defense company that develops large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms to operate in coordinated drone swarms for defense, logistics, and sensing missions. Backed by Purple Arch Ventures.
About the role
• Own our research programs end to end as the primary point of contact for government program managers and contracting teams • Drive program execution on our aircraft program with the Director of PMO, from design reviews through fabrication, integration, ground test, and flight test Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of program management, with at least 4 years owning cost, schedule, and technical performance on aircraft, UAS, or other aerospace and defense hardware programs
- Direct experience managing DoD research and development contracts (S&T, prototype, or 6.2/6.3 efforts)
- Track record taking aircraft or aerospace hardware through build and test, ideally to first flight
- Working knowledge of government contract execution: CDRLs, funded vs. ceiling value, modifications, and customer reporting
- Hands-on with IMS development (MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet or similar), budget tracking, and EVM concepts
- Ability to run several efforts at once and make clear priority calls when they compete
More about this role
Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.
The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.
Our aircraft work is scaling fast. Our Group 5 aircraft program runs alongside a growing set of research programs, with design, build, supply chain, and test all moving in parallel. We need one strong Program Manager to lead program management across all of it.
You will join our Program Management Office, reporting to the Director of PMO. You will take full ownership of our research programs and partner with the Director to run the aircraft program, owning cost, schedule, scope, risk, and the customer relationship. You will be the person who...
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