Applied Intuition
Technical Program Manager
$140K–$220K
Poway, CA · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2-3 years of technical program or project management experience supporting software and hardware programs.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electronics, Data Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- US citizenship required; ability to obtain a security clearance.
About the job
Owns customer-facing maritime programs, coordinating teams and resources to turn defense customers’ operational needs into delivered software and hardware solutions.
What you'll do
- Drive programs end to end, including milestones, metrics, and deliverables.
- Build customer relationships, identify needs, and represent customer use cases internally.
- Scope timelines and resources, and lead technical proposal efforts from RFQ release.
What they ask for
- US citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance.
- 2-3 years of technical program or project management experience supporting software and hardware programs.
- Track record leading complex cross-functional projects and coordinating teams toward technical goals.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electronics, Data Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; ability to travel to customer sites (25%).
Nice to have
- Active Secret or Top Secret clearance; experience working with DoD customers on software use cases.
- Familiarity or hands-on experience with data management, simulation, autonomy software, and software/hardware development and testing.
Pay
$140K – $220K USD base salary
Tools
software, hardware, data management, simulation, high-performance computing, real-time test systems
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