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Job Description
Job Title: Program Manager – Lethality Technology
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Level: 15+ Years
Location: Abu Dhabi, (Relocation support provided)
Job Summary
The Program Manager will lead and manage advanced lethality-focused development
programs, with a strong emphasis on warhead design, fusing systems, guided artillery
munitions, and solid rocket motor technologies. This role requires deep technical expertise,
strategic leadership, and cross-functional coordination to deliver cutting-edge defense
solutions.
Core Accountabilities:
- Lead all technical aspects of lethality-focused development programs.
- Oversee warhead design, fusing systems (ESAD, SAD), guided munitions, and propulsion
- technologies.
- Conduct design reviews, performance analysis, and simulation-based verification.
- Provide technical leadership across engineering teams to meet system-level
- requirements.
- Perform feasibility and trade-off analyses for new lethality concepts.
- Integrate subsystems (fusing, warhead, initiation, propulsion) into coherent systems.
- Develop long-term strategies aligned with organizational and battlefield needs.
- Ensure program execution meets technical, timeline, and budgetary goals.
Supporting Accountabilities:
- Mentor and lead project managers and team members.
- Standardize and improve project management and engineering processes.
Required Experience
- Minimum 16 years in the aerospace and defense industry.
- At least 10 years in senior-level project management or systems engineering.
- Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience in lethality systems development.
- Proven expertise in explosive warheads, fusing systems, and solid propulsion.
- Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in agile/hybrid environments.
- Strong knowledge of system safety, energetic materials, and testing protocols.
- Full lifecycle experience from concept to fielding of lethality systems.
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
- Preferred: Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP) or Systems Engineering (e.g., INCOSE CSEP).
Key Skills
- Proficient in MS Office.
- Strong project management and tracking capabilities.
- Fluent in English.
- Strategic leadership and problem-solving skills.
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