Wilder Systems Inc is a robotics and automation company focused on aerospace manufacturing and maintenance. They provide modular, autonomous robotic solutions designed to improve quality, productivity, and ergonomics in aircraft production and maintenance. Their products include advanced manufacturing robots with AI-powered end-effectors for drilling, inspection, defastening, and washing tasks. The company targets commercial and defense aerospace customers seeking to reduce labor time, improve operator safety, and enable smart manufacturing with data traceability. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Wilder Systems aims to lead the aerospace industry toward lights-out manufacturing with cost-effective, right-sized automation that integrates into existing production environments.
Wilder Systems Inc is a robotics and automation company focused on aerospace manufacturing and maintenance. They provide modular, autonomous robotic solutions designed to improve quality, productivity, and ergonomics in aircraft production and maintenance. Their products include advanced manufacturing robots with AI-powered end-effectors for drilling, inspection, defastening, and washing tasks. The company targets commercial and defense aerospace customers seeking to reduce labor time, improve operator safety, and enable smart manufacturing with data traceability. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Wilder Systems aims to lead the aerospace industry toward lights-out manufacturing with cost-effective, right-sized automation that integrates into existing production environments.
Job Description Level 5 Program Manager – Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Location: Austin, Texas, Fort Worth Texas Classification: Full-time, Exempt Seniority: Level 5 Program Manager Reports To: CTO / CEO
Teeming tracks opportunities at over 24,000 AI startups, then works with you to find (and land) the one you'll love.
Backend Developer
Part-timeNiš, RS
Part-time • Niš, RS
Technical Writer
ContractNovi Sad, RS
Contract • Novi Sad, RS
Mobile Developer
Part-timeManchester, GB
Part-time • Manchester, GB
Backend Developer
Part-timeHaifa
Part-time • Haifa
Software Engineer
Full-timeMunich, DE
Full-time • Munich, DE
AI Researcher
ContractBelgrade, RS
Contract • Belgrade, RS
Company Description
Purple Rhombus Inc. designs, builds, manufactures, and tests unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for US government and commercial customers. Focused on producibility, Purple Rhombus aircraft are designed for scale manufacture. We are seeking mission-driven individuals to join the team to build the next generation of unmanned aircraft.
Company Description
Purple Rhombus LLC designs, builds, manufactures, and tests unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for US government and commercial customers. Focused on producibility, Purple Rhombus aircraft are designed for scale manufacture. We are seeking mission-driven individuals to join the team to build the next generation of unmanned aircraft.
Position Overview
Purple Rhombus is seeking a Level 5 Program Manager to serve as the senior program lead responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs across development, test, production, and fielding. This role is accountable for total program performance including scope, schedule, cost, risk, technical execution and government/industry customer interface. The Level 5 PM operates as the primary executive-facing and customer-facing authority for assigned efforts and serves as the company’s decision owner for program direction, recovery, escalation, and corrective action.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership and Execution
Own full life-cycle responsibility for major UAS programs including prototype, LRIP, FRP, and sustainment phases. Lead integrated program planning including requirements decomposition, schedule development, manufacturing ramp preparation, supply chain alignment, and test and fielding milestones. Ensure execution against cost, schedule, performance, airworthiness, safety, and contractual requirements. Drive resolution of critical issues across engineering, manufacturing, test, quality, and mission operations.
Financial and Contractual Ownership
Own program financial baselines, forecasting, cash-flow alignment, and contract compliance. Manage subcontractors, CRAD and OTA contracts, IDIQ awards, CLIN tracking, and modifications. Direct proposal strategy, ROM development, BOE generation, and risk-adjusted pricing for follow-on awards.
Risk, Opportunity, and Change Management
Lead enterprise risk management activities with actionable mitigations tied to technical and production execution. Implement formal change control processes across engineering, configuration, supply chain, and cost structures. Identify growth opportunities including follow-on production phases and modernization and upgrade pathways.
Required Qualifications
Twelve or more years of program or engineering leadership experience in aerospace, UAS, or defense. Proven success leading multi-year, multi-vehicle, production-grade programs. Deep familiarity with FAR and DFARS, OTA, IDIQ, CDRL, CLIN structure, MIL-STD qualification, and government reporting cycles. Demonstrated mastery of IMS development, EVMS, risk burn-down, production ramp costing, and financial impacts including NWC. Experience transitioning programs from prototype through LRIP and FRP in an integrated hardware and software environment. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, Systems, or related technical field. Ability to travel to customer sites, test locations, and production facilities.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Program and Technical Management. PMP, DAWIA PM Level III, or equivalent acquisition certification. Prior experience with autonomy, C2 datalinks, flight test operations, payload integration, and field deployment of unmanned platforms. Experience with rapid acquisition pathways and urgent operational needs programs.
Competencies and Attributes
Executive-level communication capability with technical credibility. Decisive leadership under schedule and mission pressure. Ability to translate technical constraints into programmatic actions. Strategic thinker capable of shaping long-range production and sustainment planning. Strong accountability for mission delivery and performance outcomes.
