Lead Program Manager

About Acron Aviation (Avionics – Surveillance)

Acron Aviation designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. Within Avionics, the Surveillance product line develops and sustains systems that enable aircraft awareness, collision avoidance, and airspace interoperability. Our portfolio includes TCAS, Mode S transponders, ADS‑B, and integrated surveillance solutions deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms. This work is performed in highly regulated environments and demands deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, certification, and program execution throughout the full product lifecycle.

Acron Aviation seeks an elite Lead Program Manager to lead the full lifecycle development of next‑generation Surveillance systems within our Avionics Division. This is a senior individual contributor and cross‑functional leadership role designed for a seasoned development program manager with experience delivering complex, safety‑critical avionics programs from concept through certification and into production.

The successful candidate will own program strategy, cost, schedule, and technical performance for multiple concurrent avionics development efforts while serving as the primary interface to executive leadership, customers, suppliers, and strategic partners. This role requires strong business acumen, executive communication skills, and the ability to drive disciplined execution across a matrixed engineering organization.

• Own end‑to‑end program management for avionics development programs, including IRAD, CRAD, and customer‑funded efforts
• Establish and maintain Integrated Master Plans (IMP) and Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) spanning hardware, software, systems engineering, and certification activities
• Drive Earned Value Management (EVM) discipline and monitor cost and schedule performance through CPI and SPI metrics
• Provide variance analysis, recovery planning, and corrective action recommendations to leadership
• Lead major program reviews including PDR, CDR, TRR, FCA, and PCA
• Prepare and deliver executive‑level and customer‑facing program reviews
• Identify, assess, and manage program risks and opportunities through structured RAID processes

• Direct development of integrated Surveillance systems through full DO‑178C, DO‑254, ARP
  4754A, and ARP
  4761 development life cycles
• Partner with Chief Engineers and Systems Architects to establish requirements management strategies and interface control documentation
• Coordinate execution across hardware, embedded software, systems engineering, test and verification, certification, and airworthiness teams
• Manage supplier and subcontractor performance, including Statements of Work, reviews, and technical deliverables
• Support make‑versus‑buy decisions in coordination with supply chain stakeholders
• Lead certification program planning and coordination activities

• Serve as the primary program interface for customers and strategic partners
• Lead customer‑facing program reviews, Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs)
• Support proposal development, Basis of Estimate (BOE) reviews, should‑cost analyses, and gate reviews
• Coordinate with Contracts, Legal, Finance, and Export Compliance teams to ensure program execution aligns with applicable requirements

• Mentor junior and mid‑level program managers
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, lean program management practices, Agile/hybrid development methodologies, and digital engineering adoption
• Support development of program management standards, templates, processes, and best practices
• Promote accountability, execution discipline, and operational excellence across program teams

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical Management, or a related discipline from an accredited institution
• Minimum 10 years of progressive program management, product line leadership, or…