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LVSA Deputy Program Manager

Teledyne Brown EngineeringHuntsville, ALPosted Oct 6, 2026 · open 20 days

Last confirmed open Oct 25, 2026

Full-timeManager

Before you apply

U.S. citizenship required
Only U.S. citizens can be hired for this role.
Security clearance
The employer will sponsor the clearance.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Experience or training can stand in for the degree.
PMP
Certifications the posting names.
Travel up to 15%
The share of time spent travelling, as the posting states it.

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.​

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Deputy Program Manager will support Space Systems while working independently, with oversight from, and in cooperation with, the Program Manager to lead a team of diverse engineering disciplines, to design, analyze, build, and test space-flight hardware and ground support equipment. The Deputy Program Manager will be expected to complete and execute project plans within budgetary and schedule constraints, and to provide deliverable products regarding their status. The Deputy Program Manager will also represent the project at meetings with MSFC customers, working groups, and financial and procurement representatives, and is expected to assume the responsibilities of the Program Manager, when the Program Manager is unavailable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. (other duties may be assigned):

  • Analyze and report variances and take corrective actions.
  • Scheduling meetings, communicating status, issues, and concerns to the Government and to Teledyne Management.
  • Accomplish Project objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, and counseling employees.
  • Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions, compensation actions, and enforcing policies and procedures.
  • Interfacing with support organizations (e.g. Manufacturing, Procurement, Contracts) to accomplish project goals
  • Providing sales projections and other project planning and performance information
  • Support business development opportunities
  • Responsible for managing the implementation of specific customer contracts involving complex computer-based systems and/or government contracts.
  • Plans, directs, controls and coordinates financial as well as engineering activities for the program(s), and for achieving financial and technical objectives.
  • Define operational direction and institute remedial action(s) in order to satisfy customer requirements while achieving project specific sales targets/goals; gross margin targets; percent delivery on-time; bookings targets/goals; and customer satisfaction.
  • Organizes interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the program on schedule and within budget constraints.
  • Assess status and risk, generate recovery plans and meet customer expectations and business objectives.
  • May supervises lower-level supervisors and/or professional staff and may supervise semi-skilled nonexempt employees which include some or all of the following: assemblers, technicians, machinists, welders, operators and clerical support, providing guidance to employees according to established policies and management guidance.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Education and/or Experience:

Requires a BS degree in a recognized field of engineering or a closely related field of science or management. Normally requires more than ten years of applicable professional experience or a combination of graduate study and experience. Requires a minimum of 15 years of Program Management/Project Management (Team Leadership) experience with spaceflight hardware development or manufacturing.

Other Skills and Abilities:

  • Experience with financial planning and reporting (NASA 533 and CPR experience preferred)
  • Experience with Earned Value Management
  • Experience planning and scheduling project tasks
  • Hands-on experience producing space-flight hardware and systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Knowledge of ISO and/or AS9100
  • Working knowledge of NASA systems engineering practices
  • Lean Manufacturing/6 Sigma/Kaizen
  • Knowledge of specific software (design, analysis, ERP…)
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office products including Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Word, and Project

Other Qualifications

  • Ability to travel (domestically/internationally) approximately _+/-15__%.
  • US Citizenship with ability to attain/maintain government security clearance.
  • PMP credential, from Project Management Institute.

#TBE

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. ​

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Job Details
Location
Huntsville, AL
Type
Full-time
Level
Manager
Experience
15+ years
Posted
Oct 6, 2026
Required Skills
Earned Value ManagementFinancial PlanningFinancial ReportingProject SchedulingSpace-flight HardwareSystems EngineeringISOAS9100Lean Manufacturing6 SigmaKaizenERPMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word
Preferred Skills
NASA 533CPR

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