Shield AI
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R5619)
Seattle, Washington · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; the posting also lists experience managing studies or projects as an alternative to technical program management experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the planning and delivery of autonomous aircraft conceptual design and tradespace analysis, balancing customer needs, system performance, cost, and schedule.
What you'll do
- Set objectives from customer use cases and develop metrics for cost-versus-performance trades.
- Plan and manage effort schedule and cost, and deliver strategic products to customers.
- Own execution, align stakeholders, and drive on-time, on-target delivery.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in technical program management or managing studies or projects.
- Defense, national security, or aerospace domain familiarity through employment or education.
- Active Secret clearance and eligibility for Top Secret.
Nice to have
- Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI.
- Experience owning technical projects, translating technical information and customer needs into product narratives, or conducting product, technology, and market discovery.
AI focus
Guides conceptual design and tradespace analysis for next-generation autonomous aircraft; the posting does not specify AI development work.
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