Job Description

Title Aircraft Integration Project Manager

Reports to: Head of Airborne Asset Adaptation

Work Arrangement:Hybrid, Three (3) days a week in office.

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas - including airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special mission aviation, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. 

Wherever we operate, we build vertically integrated full stacks of capability - designing, building, and operating turnkey solutions that let customers scale capacity while benefiting from continuous cycles of innovation. With operators and engineers under one roof, we close the gap between lab and field - what we call connecting design with effect. 

Metrea’s solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving. This approach enables our partners to do more with less and achieve outsized, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. 

Headquartered in Washington, DC, Metrea has facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and beyond.

Aerospace Engineering Group (AERO) is responsible for all of Metrea’s aviation engineering capabilities, including design integration and certification. Taking concepts and solution requirements and delivering well designed, high fit, certified solutions. Its comprises of 3 capability areas: Aerospace Design for design and certification, the Aircraft Integration Centre responsible for aircraft integration and Metrea’s Airborne Asset Adaptation (A3) cell responsible for coordination and project management across all integration activities.

In this role you will play a critical role in project managing aircraft modification programs including writing statements of work and other supporting proposal documentation, timeline, resource and cost management. You will be successful through efficient and effective project execution to deliver airborne asset capability on time, quality and budget.

What You’ll Do

• Manage aircraft modification and integration projects to develop new assets and capabilities.
• Support the Production team during aircraft modification phases, and ensures compliance with engineering aircraft configuration control.
• Support the ODA in certification activities ensuring compliance with all elements of applicable Part 21 regulation and component qualification efforts.
• Coordinate ground and flight testing to meet the requirements of mission system and/or certification programs.
• Develop new processes and tools to continuously pursue productivity and quality improvements within the organization.
• Creates program documents such as specifications, statements of work, and purchase orders.
• Evaluate and directly manage suppliers including parts and technical services.
• Create, evaluate, and communicate schedules for projects, communicating regularly with other Metrea stakeholders to meet company goals.
• Develop and track budget for individual projects and the organization, including forecasting and tracking of estimates vs. actuals

What You’ll bring

• 5+ years of relevant experience working with modified special mission aircraft, particularly Bombardier and Textron products.
• Demonstrated experience growing and leading technical teams in an aerospace environment.
• Experience with business functions of leading a project and/or team including schedules, budgets, SOWs, and supplier management.
• Experience of aircraft modification and integration, including sub-contractor management.
• Must be able to manage a heavy workload and prioritize. 
• Must maintain a high level of confidentiality. 
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with attention to detail. 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, with a focus on collaboration. 
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. 

Additional Eligibility Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aviation Management, Project Management, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
• Microsoft Project certifications
• Proficient in Microsoft 365, project management principles, quality management systems (e.g., AS9100), and safety protocols.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Our Firmware

At Metrea, our single core value, Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes—Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.

Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan options
• HSA/FSA accounts
• Dental and vision coverage
• 6% employer 401(k) match
• Fully paid parental leave for all new parents
• Generous PTO
• Life and disability insurance
• Long-term and Short-term disability coverage
• AD&D Coverage
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub   

Work Authorisation/Security Clearance

Clearance required at time of hire: Active Secret clearance required at time of hire, and the ability to maintain it throughout employment.

Eligible clearance required: This position requires eligibility to obtain a Top Secret clearance. U.S. citizenship is required.

Candidates will be subject to a background investigation in accordance with federal requirements.

Role may require adherence to export control regulations (ITAR/EAR).

Employment is contingent on meeting all clearance and adjudication requirements.

AAP/EEO Statement

Legal Entity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs.

Work Location

Tampa, FL

Work Environment

This job operates in an office setting 

Travel

Travel expected ~25%