Motive Workforce is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from early development through prototype builds, system integration, testing, demonstrations, and delivery.
This is a hands-on program leadership role for someone who understands complex hardware and software development and can coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, suppliers, customers, and government partners. You will own the integrated program plan while working closely with technical teams across electric propulsion, battery systems, controls, autonomy, and mission systems.
What You'll Do
Lead electric marine, autonomy, and defense programs from concept through prototype, testing, demonstration, and delivery.
Own program scope, schedules, milestones, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
Coordinate mechanical, electrical, software, autonomy, manufacturing, supply chain, and field teams.
Drive system integration across battery systems, electric propulsion, vehicle controls, onboard networks, autonomy, navigation, and third-party payloads.
Partner with engineering leads to define integration plans, test objectives, acceptance criteria, and readiness reviews.
Lead prototype sprints, government test events, customer demonstrations, and milestone reviews.
Manage government program deliverables, reporting, statements of work, milestone schedules, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate government-furnished equipment and third-party payload integration, including interface, power, data, and configuration requirements.
Support proposals and capture efforts for defense and government programs.
Coordinate bench, dockside, HIL, and on-water testing.
Maintain clear program reporting covering schedule, technical risk, test results, open issues, and required decisions.
Support prototype builds, sea trials, customer demonstrations, and field deployments.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Monroe, MI
Skills
Delivery Managementunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Electricityunmatched
Governmentunmatched
Hardware Developmentunmatched
Integration Testingunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Manufacturingunmatched
Product Demonstrationunmatched
Program Planningunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Propulsionunmatched
Prototypingunmatched
Riskunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Statement of Work (SOW)unmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
System Integration (SI)unmatched
System Testunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Testingunmatched
Water Quality Testingunmatched
Wheel/Front-End Loaderunmatched
🎯
Be found by employers
5,500+ employers search our resume database daily. Add yours to get found by recruiters looking for candidates like you.
Level up your application
Professional resume templates
Browse dozens of recruiter approved resume templates, layouts and formats. Choose your favorite and make it your own in minutes.