Program Manager, Airborne Electronic Warfare

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

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

You'll own the execution of programs that put EW capability on aircraft — manned and unmanned.

These are complex, multi-disciplinary integration efforts involving RF hardware, embedded software, firmware, flight qualification, airframe interfaces, and demanding government customers.

Airborne EW programs move fast but carry high technical risk.

Platform integration constraints, flight safety requirements, and limited test windows create an environment where planning, anticipation, and clear communication are the difference between on-time delivery and a year of rework.

You'll need to understand enough about the technology to have credible conversations with engineers and customers — and enough about program execution to keep complex efforts on track.

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