Technical Program Manager - Radar Systems

Technical Program Manager - Radar Systems

Indra
Indra
Madrid, SpainCompetitiveOn-siteAdded 22 days agoSenior · 5-10 years🇬🇧English: Required

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About the role

At Indra Group, we protect what matters most.

We lead the development of cutting-edge technological solutions that strengthen national and international security.

🚀 Join our Systems Engineering team!

We are looking to hire a Technical Program Manager – Radar Systems to join strategic Defense programs, acting as the technical reference for the project and contributing to the definition and evolution of complex solutions associated with next-generation radar systems.

The selected candidate will play a key role in technical decision-making, ensuring the balance between performance, cost, schedule, risks, and industrialization throughout the entire product lifecycle.

📍 Location: Torrejón de Ardoz

What you'll do

• Technically lead the program, serving as the engineering reference for customers, industrial partners, and internal teams.

• Define and evolve the architecture of the system and its main subsystems.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams in a matrix environment.

• Ensure compliance with technical, regulatory, certification, and safety requirements.

• Oversee the integration of hardware, software, and embedded systems technologies.

• Manage technical risks and define mitigation plans.

• Lead configuration management, change control, and critical issue resolution activities.

• Participate in technical program planning by defining milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Program, Production, Quality, Procurement, and ISS areas to ensure the technical success of the solution.

• Act as the technical liaison with customers, certification bodies, suppliers, and strategic partners.

What you'll get

Stability and Future 🏢✨: Participation in strategic Defense programs.

Innovation 🚀: Development of advanced technologies applied to next-generation radar systems and sensors.

Real Impact 🤝: Direct involvement in key technical decisions for highly complex systems.

Multidisciplinary Environment: 🌍 Collaboration with specialists from different engineering areas.

Career Development Plan 📈: Professional growth toward technical leadership roles and program management.

Continuous training 📚: Open University and Udemy for Business.

Exclusive benefits 🎁 and flexible compensation 💸📊.

🎯 What are we looking for in you?

Education:

Telecommunications, Electronic, Computer Engineering, or similar.

Minimum experience:

Experience of 5 to 10 years in systems engineering, integration of complex systems, or technical leadership of technology programs.

Technical knowledge:

• Systems engineering and complex systems architecture.

• Integration of multidisciplinary systems.

• Product lifecycle management.

• Requirements management and traceability.

• Requirements management tools (DOORS).

• Configuration management and change control.

• UML and object-oriented design.

• Technical program management and monitoring.

• Hardware, software, and embedded systems environments.

• Knowledge of sensors, radar, or defense electronic systems (valuable asset).

• PLM tools such as Windchill (valuable asset).

• Basic knowledge of Python (valuable asset).

Valuable functional knowledge:

• Defense programs or critical systems.

• Systems and solutions architecture.

• Coordination of technical reviews (SDR, PDR, CDR).

• Technical risk management.

• ILS and configuration control.

• Aeronautical regulations and standards such as DO-178, DO-254, or equivalent.

• Industrialization and transition to production.

Key competencies:

• Technical leadership.

• Holistic system vision.

• Ability to influence in matrix environments.

• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams.

• Communication and negotiation skills.

• Analytical thinking and complex problem solving.

• Results orientation and achievement of objectives.

Languages:

• High level of English essential (minimum B2, C1 valued).

Other requirements:

• Ability to obtain or hold a Personal Security Clearance (PSC).

Additional information

As a company, we understand equality as a cross-cutting principle and a driver of social change. From this conviction, we reaffirm our commitment to equal treatment and opportunities between women and men, non-discrimination, pay equity, and the reconciliation of professional and personal life.

This commitment is reflected in the promotion of respectful and inclusive work environments in which all people are treated with dignity, can develop professionally, and have equal opportunities in selection, training, and promotion processes, offering a workplace free from any discrimination based on sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, ethnicity, marital status, or any other personal or social circumstance.

INDRA is a Top Employer 2026 company! Join a company certified as one of the best employers in Spain, thanks to our comprehensive HR management and the conditions we offer our professionals.

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