Senior Technical Program Manager - ADGS - US-CA-Santa Rosa-Bldg 1, United States
$149,850 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
Help us own the outcome of programs for our Aerospace and Defense group.
About the role
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will own the outcome of programs for the Aerospace and Defense group, with accountability extending beyond schedule to the solution itself, delivered on time, at target cost, with differentiating performance. This role sits at the intersection of system engineering, software test development, manufacturing, and business development.
What you'll do
- Serve as the primary program leader, ensuring alignment between customer objectives, contractual commitments, technical execution plans, and business goals.
- Develop and maintain integrated program schedules, resource plans, budgets, risk registers, and key performance metrics.
- Translate customer mission requirements and operational needs into actionable program plans, deliverables, schedules, and engineering objectives.
- Identify, evaluate, communicate, and mitigate technical, schedule, cost, resource, and supply chain risks throughout the program lifecycle.
- Coordinate procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, and deployment activities to support successful program execution.
- Support proposal development, customer engagements, technical planning, cost estimating, and program startup activities for new business opportunities.
What you'll need
- 8+ years of technical program or project management experience leading complex engineering programs from requirements development through integration, customer acceptance, deployment, and sustainment.
- Significant experience delivering complex, customer-funded programs involving integrated hardware, software, RF, and test systems.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in customer-facing technical roles such as applications engineering, systems engineering, program management, product management, or solution delivery.
- Strong program planning, risk management, dependency management, resource coordination, and change management skills throughout the program lifecycle.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, or Microsoft Office applications.
Nice to have
- PMP, Agile, Scrum, or equivalent program management certification.
- Experience leading development and delivery of custom solutions for government, defense, aerospace, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience managing programs involving RF systems, automated test systems, system integration, radar or electronic warfare applications.
- Familiarity with ITAR, EAR, export-classification processes, and export compliance requirements.
- Active U.S. security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one.
Skills: program leadership, integrated program schedules, risk management, customer mission requirements, Aerospace and Defense
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 42-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
39
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Median days open
42 d
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Median salary
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| Metric | Keysight Technologies | All employers we track in this specialty (39 roles · 8 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 39 |
| Median days open | 0 d | 42 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | — |
Skills observed across this category: program leadership, integrated program schedules, risk management, customer mission requirements, Aerospace and Defense
Who's hiring in this category
- Mobileye · 10 open roles · median 52 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 6 open roles · median 28 d
- Qualcomm · 5 open roles · median 42 d
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- Infineon Technologies · 4 open roles · median 62 d
- NVIDIA · 4 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 39 open Technical Program Management (Automotive IC) roles from 8 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.