# Technical Program Manager, Quality Engineering

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $170,000 - $260,000 a year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/43aba4f5-3e19-4e97-bc57-d19849ccd8ab
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_6d5ea8d9-d71

## Description

As Technical Program Manager for Quality Engineering, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality of Hivemind Enterprise, a software development kit that enables both Shield AI and third parties to create a new generation of unmanned systems and mission applications.

You will work with sponsors, product managers, designers, and a talented cross-functional engineering team to lead on-time, on-quality software releases. This Technical Program Manager role requires a versatile individual who can plan and manage complex software test automation projects and flight test operations.

Responsibilities:
Drive the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software releases for the Hivemind Enterprise platform.
Drive major initiatives building out rigorous simulation-based test automation for autonomy software.
Drive large complex test operations from CI through HIL and flight test.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and customer engagement, to define test scope, objectives, and deliverables.
Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, and resource allocation, ensuring adherence to budget and schedule.
Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful project completion.
Facilitate regular communication with stakeholders, providing updates on project status, challenges, and accomplishments.
Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, tools, and methodologies.
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence within the program management team.
Facilitate technical decision making to appropriately prioritize work and make complex trades.
Reinforce Shield AI's reputation for technical excellence and ability to deliver through expert engagement and disciplined execution.

## Skills

### Required
- B.S. in Computer Science, or a related field
- 8+ years of work experience in Program Management, Engineering Management or Software Test Engineering
- Experience driving testing of complex software and integrated HW/SW systems
- Experience driving software test operations for software high-reliability and high uptime
- Power user of Jira or work management tools
- Power user of TestRail, qTest or other test management frameworks

### Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or MBA
- Previous experience as a software developer or a test engineer
- Previous experience driving test operations for enterprise software, ideally for software used by software engineers
- Previous experience managing flight test operations or autonomous systems testing
- Passionate about software documentation
- Autonomy, AI, ML expertise
- PMP, Scrum Master, or similar qualifications