Sensata Technologies

Project Manager- Defense

Sensata Technologies$81K — $163K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree required; technical field preferred.
  • Team player with ability to handle multiple tasks and demands.
  • Excellent communication skills in oral, written, and presentation formats.
  • Strong organizational, planning, and time management skills.
  • Personal accountability to achieving goals and maintaining ethical standards.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Interpersonal skills to collaborate with all organizational levels including suppliers.

Responsibilities

  • Meet clients to clarify specific project requirements and details.
  • Develop and manage comprehensive project plans and implementation processes.
  • Track project performance against short- and long-term goals.
  • Meet budget objectives and adjust constraints based on financial analysis.
  • Communicate project schedules and updates to team members and stakeholders.
  • Monitor changes to project scope, schedule, and costs.
  • Perform risk management to minimize project risks.

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Education reimbursement programs.
  • Wellness programs to promote employee health.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
  • Paid time off, including vacation, sick, bereavement, and parental leave.
Full Job Description
Dynapower is seeking a Project Manager for the Defense business segment. This is an individual contributor role responsible for executing defense–related programs from order intake through delivery. This position manages scope, schedules, budgets, and risk for complex power electronics projects while coordinating cross-functional teams across engineering, operations, supply chain, and customer stakeholders. The Project Manager ensures disciplined execution, clear communication, and alignment to customer and business objectives. This role is critical to delivering predictable outcomes, supporting customer satisfaction, and enabling Dynapower’s continued growth.

General Responsibilities
• Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project
• Develops comprehensive project plans and manages all implementation processes including resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing, documentation, training, and status reports
• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short- and long-term goals
• Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis
• Regularly communicates and presents project schedules, statuses, and updates to various team members and bringing solutions/opportunities
• Track and update changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Assists in performing risk management to minimize project risks

Experience / Qualifications
• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

dditional Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

  • Willingness to be onsite or hybrid in Burlington, VT

  • A university degree in technical field (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience preferred

  • Experience in defense, aerospace, industrial hardware, or other regulated environments preferred

  • Experience working with regulations such as ISO9001 preferred

  • Experience leading projects for an OEM

  • PMP certificate or experience as a project manager

  • SW, MS Project, or other project management platform experience

  • Demonstrated technical background in power conversion systems

  • Demonstrated ability to create new and/or refine processes focused on efficiency and growth of business

  • Ability to travel up to 20%

Base Salary Range: $81,600.00 - 163,680 USD Annual

At Sensata, our employees are the key to our success and growth.  We recognize that each individual brings their own unique experience, therefore the base salary range information shown above is a general guideline only.  Sensata considers several factors when extending an offer, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations. In addition to base salary, Sensata offers competitive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans, along with education reimbursement, wellness programs, a 401(k) retirement plan with Company matching, and a variety of paid time off, such as vacation or flex-time, sick, bereavement, and parental leave. Certain positions are also eligible for short-term incentive and long-term incentive programs.

This position requires eligibility to obtain authorization under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Non-US Persons, as defined in the ITAR and EAR, may not be eligible to obtain authorization.

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About Sensata Technologies

Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company that develops and manufactures sensors and controls for a wide range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, industrial, and HVAC. The company's products include pressure sensors, temperature sensors, position sensors, and switches, among others. Sensata Technologies is headquartered in Attleboro, Massachusetts and operates manufacturing facilities and sales offices in more than 20 countries around the world. The company was founded in 1916 as the Airco Sensor Company and was acquired by Texas Instruments in 1967. Sensata Technologies became an independent company in 2006 through a spin-off from Texas Instruments.
Learn more about Sensata Technologies
Size
21,300 employees
Market Cap
$6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$164.2 million
Founded
2006
5 Year Trend
+3.6%
Revenue
$3 billion
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