483 - Assistant Program Manager

Azure Summit Technology is a mature, growing small business with locations in Melbourne, Florida, and Fairfax, Virginia.  Azure develops and delivers high-performance RF hardware, firmware, and software products, and innovative, practical, multi-function RF systems solutions that address emerging missions of national importance for customers across the Department of Defense.  We are a diverse team of highly qualified RF systems engineers and mission subject matter experts (SMEs) with backgrounds in electrical, mechanical, RF, hardware, software, firmware, and systems engineering, working together within a creative, innovative, and highly collaborative culture, to deliver cutting edge solutions for our customers.  To do this, we hire people with a passion to succeed.  We look for problem solvers.  People who have unique perspectives and diverse experience.

Are you in?

Do you work well in a team environment and on your own as an individual contributor?  Do you know how to set the bar high and achieve goals for yourself and bring others along with you?  Do you work hard and play hard?  Do you want to help the company succeed and build your skill set and further your career at the same time?  Azure Summit Technology just might be the place for you.      

What do we do?

Azure Summit Technology provides a wide range of multi-channel, software-defined radio solutions for applications including surveillance, communications, radar, direction finding, emitter location, and interference cancellation. Systems can be tailored to meet a variety of requirements for bandwidth, dynamic range, number of channels, and computational resources. Supported platforms range from resource-constrained small UAVs and wearable devices to manned aircraft and submarines. Azure also offers innovative signal processing solutions to challenging problems in the realm of radio frequency spectrum awareness.

What will you do?

Azure Summit Technology is currently seeking a qualified, energetic leader to fill the position of Assistant Program Manager.  The selected candidate will lead the development, demonstration, and production of multi-channel software-defined radio solutions and integration of those systems with manned and unmanned aerial and maritime platforms. This position is located in Fairfax, Virginia, with overnight travel to Melbourne, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; and other locations as needed.

The successful applicant will work collaboratively with an outstanding group of geographically dispersed engineers and technologists. The successful applicant will become part of a world class team and will support program execution of advanced electronic systems for the DoD and other customers.  Current and future projects span advanced concept and prototype development, low-rate initial production, and full-rate production.  This position will also include responsibilities related to risk management and proposal preparation.  This position will require travel to and coordination with engineering activities at other customer facilities, in multiple locations across the United States.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Supports successful execution of technically complex programs that develop high-reliability RF hardware/software systems. 

- Supports program leadership in managing cost, scheduling, quality and staffing baselines to meet or exceed all task requirements.

- Assists program leadership with procurement approval, procurement tracking, and supplier oversight and direction

- Assists in the creation of project plans, schedules, and tasking via close collaboration with engineering and other supporting functions

- Utilization of effective strategies for communicating program priorities, task status, risks and issues, and proactive escalation and addressing of issues, within the program leadership team, to program management, corporate management, and to customers

- Assists program leadership with timely and accurate collection of program status and performance metrics

- Assists program leadership with creation and tracking of valued added metrics

- Establishes dashboards to help track program execution

- Assists program leadership with risk management activities to include risk analysis and collaboration with engineering to generate risk mitigation plans

- Assists program leadership with weekly presentation creation and coordination

- Assists program leadership with CDRL tracking, preparation, and delivery

- Manage execution-based projects or tasks that do not require a technical background

Basic Requirements:

- US citizenship, due to nature of the work and contract requirement

- Ability to obtain a TOP SECRET security clearance, due to nature of the work and contract requirement

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or other relevant discipline

- Minimum 5 years’ experience supporting technically complex defense industrial programs with hard deliverables, including one or more of the following types of direct customer programs: Firm-Fixed Price production, RF sensor hardware/software system or subsystem prototype development, manned/unmanned aircraft RF payload development and integration, and/or advanced concept development

Preferred Requirements:

- PMP or other project management certification

- Strong customer focus, ability to lead a team, and establish strong, collaborative working relationships with government customers, technical staff, senior managers, and peers

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, consistent attention to detail, and excellent written and oral communication skills

- Proficient in use of Microsoft Office Products

- Experience using Deltek CostPoint

- Ability to contribute to the successful capture of competitive Navy, Air Force, Army, DARPA, and other procurements

- Experience with supporting programs that require EVMS

- Active TS/SCI clearance

Azure Summit Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disabled Employer. Azure Summit Technology provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. Azure Summit Technology expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment or discrimination based on any of the characteristics mentioned above. Improper interference with the ability of other employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated. To request accommodation, contact Julia Bergeman, 571-308-1408, julia.bergeman@azuresummit.com