Shield AI
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (R5619)
$180K–$270K
Seattle, Washington +2 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 23, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
Dallas, Texas
Washington, D.C. - Experience
- 10+ years in technical program management or managing studies or projects.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the conceptual design and tradespace analysis effort for next-generation autonomous aircraft, managing objectives, cost and performance metrics, schedules, stakeholder alignment, and customer deliverables.
What you'll do
- Set objectives from customer-provided use cases and develop metrics for cost-versus-performance trades.
- Plan and manage effort schedules and costs, and develop and deliver strategic products to customers.
- Own execution, align stakeholders, and ensure 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; proven cross-functional team leadership.
- Active Secret clearance and eligibility for Top Secret.
Nice to have
- Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for SCI.
- Experience balancing engineering development realities with business growth, translating technical information and customer needs into product narratives, or conducting product, technology, and market discovery.
Pay
USD 180,000–270,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary
AI focus
The role manages conceptual design and tradespace analysis for autonomous aircraft; it does not specify direct AI development work.
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