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About the Role

As a Senior Technical Program Manager for the Autonomy team, you will own the day-to-day coordination fabric of the team, including sprint ceremonies, cross-team dependencies, requirement intake and refinement, release coordination, and status reporting. You will translate complex autonomy requirements into disciplined, on-time delivery, working on meaningful technology that pushes the boundaries of autonomy.

Responsibilities

Lead requirement intake and refinement sessions for autonomy capabilities, translating product and mission intent into clear, testable, well-scoped engineering requirements and own associated acceptance criteria.
Maintain requirement traceability from initiative → epic → story → acceptance criteria.
Enforce scope discipline through the release cycle; manage changes through an explicit intake and change-control process.
Keep initiative, epic, and story status current in Jira; own the blocked-initiative log and coordinate with Project Engineers on state transitions.
Enforce Jira hygiene conventions (fields, labels, components, definition-of-ready/done).
Own and run all Autonomy team sprint ceremonies — planning, standup, review, retro, and backlog refinement — including agenda prep, facilitation, follow-up notes, and action-item tracking.
Manage cross-team dependencies across Autonomy, Core, Systems, Solutions, and Release Engineering, surfacing and resolving them before issues become a blocker.
Produce concise, informative and audience relevant technical briefs to drive program forward.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in technical program / project management for software or autonomy engineering teams.
Demonstrated mastery of requirement management — intake, refinement, traceability, and change control on complex programs.
Substantial hands-on experience with autonomy systems — e.g., unmanned/robotic vehicle platforms, perception, path planning, guidance/navigation/control (GNC), or multi-agent/swarm coordination — sufficient to engage directly with autonomy engineers and translate algorithm and systems-engineering concepts into structured requirements.
High Jira fluency, with the ability to configure dashboards, workflows and custom reports.
Excellent verbal and written communication; able to synthesize and decompose strategic vision into clear executable plans.
Experience standing up and driving adoption of new process framework / operating models from scratch.
U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance for work.
Background in autonomy, robotics, aerospace, or defense programs — commercial UxS, military autonomy, or research environments.
Familiarity with simulation, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), or field test environments used to validate autonomous systems.
Experience in product management, change management, or process improvement.
Experience operating in a highly technical, AI- and autonomy-forward team environment.

Skills

Critical thinker
Proactive and collaborative partner to engineering
Prioritizes actions that drive efficiency at scale
Takes pride in owning the work and continuously strive for iterative improvement
Treats requirements as a discipline, not paperwork — precise, structured, and allergic to ambiguity
Comfortable operating at the intersection of software, controls, and hardware that defines an autonomy stack
Power-user mindset toward Jira; a steward of the workflow, not just a participant in it
Proactive communicator who surfaces risk early rather than waiting to be asked
Strong cross-functional facilitation skills serving as the liaison between Business, Product, and Engineering

Location

Austin, TX

Work Type

Hybrid on-site

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

Agile or Project Management certifications such as SAFe, Scrum Alliance, PMP, Lean Six Sigma.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and visions plans
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan to invest in your long-term retirement goals + Company match
Equity grants for new hires
Unlimited PTO
11 Paid holidays
Extremely generous company holiday calendar, including a holiday hiatus in November, & December.
Generous Parental Leave
Military Leave for annual training or service requirements
FSA
DCFSA
HSA
Professional Development Opportunities
Access to One Medical
Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, are available to you as well.

About the Company

NODA is a Veteran-owned, venture-backed technology company that is transforming how unmanned systems collaborate in complex, mission-critical environments.
We are developing next-generation solutions that enable the autonomous orchestration of heterogeneous unmanned systems across air, sea, land, and space with vital applications in the defense, intelligence, and commercial sectors.
Our Technical Program Managers serve as the connective tissue between engineering execution and program delivery, translating complex, multi-domain autonomy requirements into disciplined, on-time delivery.
Joining NODA means working on meaningful technology that pushes the boundaries of autonomy alongside a team that thrives on innovation, rapid iteration, and collaboration.

Equal Opportunity

NODA AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace and to maintaining equitable employment and hiring practices.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and make all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
As a federal contractor, NODA AI complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity and affirmative action requirements, including Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (VEVRAA), as amended.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities throughout the recruiting, hiring, and employment process.
Consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with applicable fair chance and ban-the-box laws, including the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance where applicable.
We actively encourage qualified individuals of all backgrounds, including women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities, to apply.
NODA AI is committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive, and accessible work environment for all applicants and employees.
If you require accommodations or assistance during the application process, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at careers@NodaIntelligence.ai or contact your recruiter so we can provide the support you need.