Technical Project Manager

MAG Aerospace is seeking a Technical Project Manager with expertise in commercial aviation vulnerability and mitigation to manage specialized engineering and explosive test projects supporting the Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL).

The successful candidate will combine technical judgment with project management to plan, coordinate, and oversee activities that assess commercial aircraft vulnerability and evaluate threat mitigation systems and devices. This position will manage project scope, schedules, resources, risks, and technical deliverables while coordinating Government stakeholders, test organizations, instrumentation specialists, and consultants.

The role requires sufficient technical expertise to evaluate test approaches, review results, resolve technical issues, and advise the customer while managing the specialists responsible for test execution, instrumentation, analysis, and modeling.

• Manage assigned commercial aviation vulnerability and mitigation projects from requirements definition and planning through test execution, results analysis, reporting, and closeout.
• Manage and coordinate test projects involving Least Risk Bomb Location (LRBL), explosive threat and blast mitigation systems and devices, commercial aircraft vulnerability, blast effects measurement, and other explosive vulnerability, mitigation, and threat-related testing involving commercial aircraft.
• Provide project engineering oversight for the acquisition and delivery of explosive test support, including blast response measurement, test planning, test documentation, test results analysis, modeling and simulation, and test database maintenance and upgrades.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, resource plans, and deliverable tracking to support customer requirements and coordinated execution.
• Coordinate with Government representatives, test facilities, engineering specialists, and consultants to define technical requirements, establish priorities, and resolve project issues.
• Apply technical expertise to review test plans, proposed approaches, measurement requirements, and technical deliverables for adequacy and alignment with project objectives.
• Oversee project planning and coordination for testing involving various high explosives (HE), non-ideal explosives, including homemade explosives, and other improvised explosive device (IED) threats, ensuring activities are coordinated with authorized test personnel and conducted under approved test-site procedures and controls.
• Coordinate test readiness activities, including confirmation of required technical support, instrumentation, documentation, resources, and stakeholder responsibilities.
• Manage specialized consultant support in explosive test instrumentation, blast instrumentation data analysis, high-speed video, and digital image correlation test coverage.
• Oversee the coordination of blast response measurement and other test data collection activities to support reliable analysis and evaluation.
• Review test results and analytical findings with technical specialists; communicate conclusions, limitations, and recommendations to Government stakeholders.
• Coordinate modeling and simulation support, including the use of test results to evaluate analytical predictions and inform follow-on activities.
• Oversee test database maintenance and upgrades, supporting data quality, traceability, configuration control, and availability to authorized users.
• Identify and track project risks, technical issues, dependencies, and changes; communicate potential impacts and recommended actions to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver project status updates, technical briefings, reports, and other required documentation.
• Coordinate assigned activities with designated safety and security personnel to ensure compliance with applicable laboratory, test-site, and information protection requirements.

• Technical knowledge of commercial aviation-related systems and commercial aviation vulnerability and mitigation sufficient to guide project activities and evaluate technical work.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary engineering and test projects, including scope, schedules, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Understanding of test planning, blast response measurement, instrumentation, data analysis, and modeling and simulation sufficient to coordinate specialist support and review technical approaches and results.
• Ability to translate customer objectives into coordinated project activities and communicate technical and schedule impacts.
• Strong technical writing, briefing, problem-solving, and stakeholder coordination skills.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline.
• At least five years of experience in project engineering for commercial aviation-related systems.
• At least two years of that experience must include projects related to Commercial Aviation Vulnerability and Mitigation.

Desired Requirements

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams supporting aviation vulnerability, blast effects, or mitigation test programs.
• Experience coordinating specialized instrumentation, high-speed video, digital image correlation, or blast data analysis support.
• Experience overseeing engineering test databases, technical data management, or database improvement activities.
• Experience coordinating Government laboratory or test-range activities and reviewing technical consultant deliverables.

Other Qualifications

• DoD Secret clearance with DHS Suitability.
• Ability to support assigned activities at the Transportation Security Laboratory, Atlantic City International Airport, New Jersey.
• Ability to travel 25–50% to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
• Ability to comply with applicable Government facility access, security, and test-site requirements.