Sensata Technologies

Project Manager - Defense

Sensata Technologies$81K — $112K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree or equivalent work experience required.
  • Team player with the ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills.
  • Excellent organization, planning, and time management capabilities.
  • High ethical standards and personal accountability for achieving goals.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
  • Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Meet with clients to clarify project requirements and details.
  • Develop and manage comprehensive project plans for implementation.
  • Track project performance against short- and long-term goals.
  • Ensure budgetary objectives are met and adjust project constraints as needed.
  • Communicate project schedules and updates to team members, providing solutions when necessary.
  • Monitor changes to project scope, schedule, and costs actively.
  • Manage risk to minimize project impact on timelines and deliverables.

Benefits

  • Onsite or hybrid work flexibility in Burlington, VT.
  • Opportunity to work in the defense, aerospace, or industrial hardware sectors.
  • Potential for career growth within Dynapower's expanding business.
  • Supportive environment fostering communication and teamwork.
  • Engagement in disciplined execution of complex power electronics projects.
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

Additional 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

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Base Salary Range:

$81,600.00 - $112,200.00

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
NASDAQ

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