Senior Technical Program Manager, Radar Systems
MatrixSpace is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager to own the unified execution plan for its AI-enabled radar hardware, coordinating radar/RF, electrical, embedded, FPGA, supply chain, quality, and software teams from design through production and customer delivery. Core planning tools include Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, and PLM systems.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Hoffman Estates, IL
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of experience managing complex hardware development programs, technical programs, or cross-functional engineering initiatives in technically complex product environments
- Strong understanding of hardware product-development lifecycles and experience working across radar/RF, electrical, mechanical, embedded systems, FPGA, systems integration, manufacturing, or related t
- Experience translating complex technical and business priorities into actionable work plans and measurable milestones
- Demonstrated experience leading hardware phase-gate reviews and coordinating requirements, design, qualification, and production-readiness reviews
- Experience managing/identifying supplier, component, long-lead material, prototype, test-equipment, and manufacturing dependencies in partnership with Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations
- Strong experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, PLM systems, or similar planning and execution tools
- Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the technical fluency to engage engineering teams and senior leaders
- Proven ability to lead through influence without direct authority over the people doing the work
- Ability to work credibly with senior technical leaders without owning architecture or technical decision-making
Nice to have
- Experience leading and coordinating ISO, quality-system, and other certification and compliance audits
Full description
Drive the cross-functional execution that moves next-generation AI-enabled radar hardware from concept through production and customer delivery.
MatrixSpace develops AI-enabled radar and sensing systems that help people understand what's happening in the world around them. By combining advanced radar, edge computing, and AI, we deliver situational awareness in environments where traditional sensing solutions struggle.
We're looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive New Product Development across our Radar Systems team. You'll own the integrated project plan for complex embedded radar products, coordinating work across RF, electrical, mechanical, FPGA, embedded software, systems engineering, test, supply chain, quality, and operations. You'll drive execution from early planning through integration, phase-gate reviews, validation, and production readiness. Engineering leaders will own technical decisions; you'll make sure the teams, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables come together on time.
If you're technically curious, skilled at bringing teams together, and comfortable driving accountability without direct authority, we'd love to talk.
What You'll Do
- Own and maintain the integrated New Product Development plan across hardware, firmware, and software, including milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, and readiness criteria.
- Work with Product and engineering leaders early to test assumptions about scope, schedules, capacity, and technical dependencies before commitments are made.
- Drive execution across engineering, test, supply chain, quality, and operations. Surface gaps and conflicting priorities early, bring the right people together, and escalate decisions when needed.
- Lead cross-functional phase-gate reviews. Coordinate deliverables and functional signoffs, track open actions, and make readiness and unresolved risks clear to decision-makers.
- Coordinate quality-system, certification, and audit activities with the responsible functional teams, including preparation, evidence gathering, and closure of findings.
- Give leaders a clear view of progress, risks, and tradeoffs while keeping the planning and review process practical for the teams doing the work.
What We're Looking For
This position requires working directly or indirectly with the US Government in restricted environments. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship and may be required to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance in the future.
Required
- 8+ years of experience driving New Product Development or technical program execution for .