Responsibilities:

• Serve as project management lead for product design, integration, and test related efforts for DoD customers
• Collaborate with Merlin Labs’ engineering, flight operations, and certification teams to execute project milestones across the entire project lifecycle.
• Foster a culture of teamwork and communication, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and working towards shared goals.
• Support the detailed planning and execution of projects, including:
• Developing project scope and managing changes through the life of the project
• Establish resourcing needs 
• Identifying, tracking and managing project risks
• Generating and maintaining project schedules
• Manage deliverables, including routine status updates and final delivery to the customer
• Team player who can work cross-functionally with finance, operations, PMs, and BD teams 
• Assist with proposal generation by providing budgetary estimates for new project scope
• Lead formal testing efforts by generating test plans, identifying resources needed
• Coordinate test execution with subcontractors and customers
• Travel to support customer meetings and testing approximately 25% of the time

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or related field
• 5 years of experience, specifically in technical project management and/or systems engineering
• Expertise with software development tools, specifically Jira
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance

Nice to Have:

• Current U.S. Security Clearance
• Experience with aviation integration projects
• Experience leading software development projects
• Experience with US DoD airworthiness process
• Experience leading DoD aircraft testing