Technical Program Manager

At Spectrum Control, most departments operate on a 4-day, 10-hour work schedule in exchange for a 3-day weekend. We offer competitive wages and PTO, plus our benefits begin on day 1 of employment. Come join a workforce where we put you first! Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead and coordinate complex programs supporting Prime defense contracts in the Philadelphia area. The ideal candidate brings a strong engineering foundation—preferably in RF technologies—and proven success managing cross-functional teams through the full program lifecycle. This role requires a balance of technical insight, leadership, and disciplined program execution to meet customer, schedule, and profitability objectives. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage programs from initiation through delivery, ensuring alignment with contract and company goals. Coordinate cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations. Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, and budgets, tracking performance against key milestones. Communicate program status, risks, and mitigation strategies to stakeholders and leadership. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget, while meeting all customer and quality requirements. Drive process improvements and promote best practices in program execution and communication. Review and evaluate technical and business aspects of RFPs and change requests, including feasibility, requirements flow-down, and impact analysis. Lead preparation of customer proposals and internal authorization packages, coordinating statements of work, cost estimates, and schedules. Coordinate design and manufacturing reviews to ensure design-to-cost, manufacturability, and profitability objectives are met. Provide periodic Program Status Reports (Green/Yellow/Red) highlighting milestones, risks, and corrective actions to business unit and divisional leadership. Qualifications: B.S. in Electrical Engineering (required); advanced degree preferred. 3+ years of experience in a technical or engineering program management role. RF design and test experience strongly preferred. Demonstrated success managing complex technical programs within aerospace or defense environments. Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Active or eligible for U.S. security clearance (required). Work Environment: This role follows a 4-day, 10-hour workweek in our Philadelphia manufacturing facility. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Third-Party Recruiters Please note, that per Spectrum Control Policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our values and expectations. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Spectrum Control will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity. If you or your agency are interested in becoming an approved vendor please contact scirecruiting@am.spectrumcontrol.com. Spectrum Control combines engineering expertise, innovation and manufacturing excellence to enable mission-critical solutions. Designed to solve complex problems in signal modulation and transmission, Spectrum Control solutions enable high quality product performance in the military and government, space, commercial, aerospace, security, medical, industrial and communications industries. Through proven experience and innovation, Spectrum Control delivers reliable solutions for the most rugged environments in the world – and beyond. Our team works to understand each customer’s needs at every level, which leads to long-term partnerships with our customers that transcend transactions and projects, helping to drive ongoing value at all levels of an organization. Spectrum Control operates by the following guiding principles: safety, integrity, respect, ethics, trust and continuous improvement. Spectrum Control is dedicated to delivering highly-engineered, reliable products that help save, enhance and protect lives. The company employs a secure, trusted, innovative, empowered and resilient environment to collaborate across the organization to deliver impactful results to our customers. Founded in 1981, Spectrum Control brought together the power of several trusted brands and formed a uniquely capable partner for RF/microwave, electromagnetic, and security solutions. Over the past 70 years, the company’s engineers and technologists have led the way in creating high-quality solutions for demanding environments everywhere. Today, Spectrum Control's team includes 1,300+ people working across 14 design/manufacturing centers in North America and Europe.