Technical Program Manager

Company Profile

AOM is bringing decades of experience in optical metrology expertise to bear on some of the most demanding optics applications on earth – the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, extreme precision optics for EUV lithography, and a host of other consumer, research, and industrial technologies that will shape humanity’s future through optics.

We are a fast-growing optical metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated Technical Program Manager.

Our products and services include:

• Computer Generated Holograms (CGHs) enabling interferometric testing of optical surfaces – aspheres, freeforms, cylinders, conic sections, and many other complex surface shapes and optical systems.
• Mechanics for precise positioning and alignment of CGHs and test optics.
• Development of complete optical test setups for the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, consumer electronics customers, the semiconductor lithography industry, and many other applications.

Essential Functions

Program Leadership

• Own end-to-end program management for multiple concurrent high-complexity optical programs
• Develop and maintain integrated master schedules, resource plans, and program budgets
• Drive program execution with accountability to cost, schedule, and technical performance
• Lead program reviews internally and with customers, including status reporting and risk/opportunity tracking

Technical Coordination

• Serve as the primary interface between engineering, operations, and external customers for assigned programs
• Translate customer requirements into actionable internal work packages; manage scope changes through a formal process
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams including optical engineers, mechanical designers, and software staff
• Support proposal efforts by developing work breakdown structures, schedules, and resource estimates

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain strong working relationships with customer program offices at aerospace and defense prime contractors and space industry customers
• Proactively communicate program status, risks, and mitigation plans
• Manage deliverables, CDRLs, and contractual milestones

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and refine AOM's program management processes, templates, and tools
• Apply lessons learned to improve schedule predictability and execution efficiency across programs

Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess these skills and qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of program or project management experience on technically complex programs
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams and external subcontractors
• Experience with government or defense contracts, ITAR-regulated environments, or aerospace hardware development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to present confidently to customers and senior leadership
• Proficiency with scheduling tools (MS Project or equivalent) and EVM fundamentals
• U.S. Person status required

Preferred

• Experience with optical fabrication, metrology, or precision instrument development
• Familiarity with CGH, interferometry, or wavefront measurement systems
• PMP certification or equivalent formal PM training
• Experience managing AI&T programs for space telescope or large aperture optical systems

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Why AOM?

We are a fast-growing optics metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated Technical Program Manager.

Pay: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person