Shield AI
Staff Technical Program Manager (R5791)
Dallas, Texas · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 8–12+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related STEM discipline.
About the job
Leads integrated execution of complex autonomy-enabled UAS programs from requirements through deployment, coordinating engineering teams to deliver verified customer capabilities.
What you'll do
- Own integrated program plans, schedules, dependencies, risks, decisions, and change control.
- Lead cross-functional system integration, verification, testing, and delivery across engineering and customer teams.
- Establish multi-team planning and review cadences, communicate program status and tradeoffs, and mentor technical leads.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a listed or related STEM discipline.
- Typically 8–12+ years of relevant experience in systems engineering, technical program management, aerospace, defense, robotics, autonomy, UAS, or a similarly complex technical environment.
- Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional technical programs and strong systems-engineering and program-management experience.
- Experience coordinating multiple Agile teams or workstreams; ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance; willingness to travel up to 25%.
Nice to have
- Active DoD security clearance.
- PMP, INCOSE, or SAFe Release Train Engineer certification, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Tools
Jira, Confluence, Jira Align, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps, Jama, Polarion
AI focus
Program execution for autonomy-enabled UAS and AI-enabled systems; the role coordinates delivery but does not specify direct AI development.
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