Engineering Program Manager

Position: Engineering Program Manager, Corporate Office

Posted: 10/11/2024

Invariant Corporation is a small company with a highly qualified technical staff that takes pride in providing quality services to our customers. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including 401k, profit sharing, and health/dental insurance. We have the following position available in our Huntsville office:

Engineering Program Manager

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Invariant Corporation is seeking a talented and motivated Program Manager to support our government customers in the execution of complex programs for Department of Defense initiatives. This role will collaborate closely with Technical Leads and Subject Matter Experts to ensure that project milestones, budgets, and schedules are realistic and adhered to.

Duties Include:

• Work closely with Technical Leads and project teams to guide large hardware projects to completion, ensuring alignment with government specifications and standards.
• Identify potential project risks and develop and implement effective mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.
• Oversee project budgets, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and cost-effective solutions without compromising project quality and compliance.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones and deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to government contracting regulations and standards, including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
• Assist in the planning and coordination of field data collection events at various test ranges.
• Provide program oversight and guidance to subcontractors on priorities and tasking.
• Assist government personnel in the creation of reports and briefings.
• Management of key vendor relationships, including working closely with our in-house procurement team to ensure successful and timely procurements.
• Coordinate and facilitate communications between project technical teams and customers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or similar from an accredited university program.
• At least 12 years of experience managing projects and programs for DoD customers.
• Experience managing $20 million plus annual hardware development FFP contracts.
• U.S. Citizenship required, and successful completion of a background check is mandatory.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of hardware design and integration processes is strongly preferred, especially as it pertains to aviation and missile systems.
• 12+ years of experience managing projects and programs for DoD customers.
• Experience with Jamis Prime or similar ERP.
• Master’s degree in Engineering.

Work Environment:

Office, laboratory, and field environment. Must be willing to travel to customer locations, field tests, and meetings 10%-15%.

This position is expected to be performed only in the state of Alabama.

Subject to the provisions of Code of Alabama § 40-18-370, the Company shall give good faith consideration to Alabama residents for employment at the Project.

Invariant Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - minorities/males/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.

Invariant is a drug-free workplace.