Product Integrator

Stratagem Solutions, Incorporated is in search of a Product Integrator to support the Expeditionary Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (EUAS) Product Office within the U.S. Army's Project Manager for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (PM UAS). This position supports the planning, coordination, integration, execution, fielding, and sustainment of UAS capabilities throughout the acquisition life cycle.

The Product Integrator serves as a key interface between government program leadership, engineering teams, contractors, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and other functional stakeholders to ensure technical, cost, schedule, and operational objectives remain aligned. This position requires a combination of program management, systems integration, acquisition support, and cross-functional coordination experience to facilitate the successful delivery of integrated capabilities to the Warfighter.

Responsibilities:

• Support the planning, coordination, execution, and integration of product office activities across the UAS acquisition life cycle, including development, testing, production, fielding, and sustainment.
• Develop, maintain, and coordinate program execution plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables to support product office objectives and acquisition requirements.
• Integrate technical, cost, schedule, and performance considerations to identify dependencies, execution challenges, and opportunities for improved program outcomes.
• Coordinate with government program managers and functional stakeholders across engineering, contracting, logistics, operations, finance, cybersecurity, testing, and quality assurance to maintain alignment with program priorities.
• Facilitate integration of UAS hardware, software, ground control systems, mission equipment, communications, and supporting subsystems to ensure compatibility and operational effectiveness.
• Work with government teams, OEMs, software developers, and industry partners to coordinate technical changes, hardware updates, software releases, interface requirements, and system integration activities.
• Monitor program execution against established milestones, identify schedule impacts and resource constraints, and recommend corrective actions to support timely capability delivery.
• Support development, coordination, and maintenance of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including tracking critical activities, dependencies, milestones, and programmatic risks.
• Coordinate program-level risk and opportunity management activities, including identification, assessment, tracking, mitigation planning, and communication of potential impacts to cost, schedule, and performance.
• Support acquisition planning, budget execution, funding coordination, and resource assessments in collaboration with government program leadership and functional teams.
• Facilitate cross-functional coordination to resolve technical, logistical, contractual, and programmatic issues affecting product development, integration, and delivery.
• Participate in and support Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), Change Control Boards (CCBs), technical interchange meetings, program management reviews, design reviews, and acquisition milestone reviews.
• Coordinate and support developmental and operational test planning, test readiness activities, system verification, acceptance testing, discrepancy resolution, and evaluation of system performance against established requirements.
• Support configuration management and change control activities to evaluate the impacts of proposed technical or programmatic changes on system performance, interoperability, cost, and schedule.
• Coordinate with systems engineering personnel to ensure requirements, architecture, interfaces, and integration activities remain aligned with operational needs and program objectives.
• Support implementation and assessment of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles to promote interoperability, adaptability, and future capability growth.
• Assist with transition planning from development and integration into production, fielding, operational deployment, and sustainment.
• Support compliance with applicable Department of War and Army acquisition policies, technical standards, cybersecurity requirements, and program-specific security procedures, including ITAR, COMSEC, and OPSEC, as applicable.
• Prepare and present programmatic and technical briefings, execution updates, integrated status reports, risk assessments, and recommendations to government leadership and other stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate program documentation, action item trackers, decision logs, schedules, and other management tools to support execution, accountability, and leadership decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to improve program integration, communication, workflow efficiency, risk management, and timely delivery of capabilities to operational users.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant experience in program or project management, product integration, systems integration, defense acquisition, engineering coordination, or closely related technical or programmatic work.
• Understanding of program execution principles, including cost, schedule, performance, risk management, and coordination of cross-functional activities.
• Experience supporting Army aviation, Department of War acquisition programs, or complex defense system development, integration, testing, fielding, or sustainment efforts.
• Working knowledge of systems engineering and integration processes, including system requirements, interfaces, configuration management, and verification activities.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple functional organizations and integrate technical, programmatic, and operational considerations into actionable plans.
• Ability to identify program risks, evaluate alternatives, develop mitigation strategies, and recommend practical courses of action.
• Experience developing or maintaining program schedules, execution plans, status reports, action trackers, or similar program management products.
• Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including the ability to develop and present briefings to government leadership.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• U.S. citizenship.
• A current Department of War Secret security clearance and the ability to maintain that clearance.

Preferred Requirements:

• Direct experience supporting EUAS, other PM UAS product offices, or Army aviation acquisition programs.
• Experience serving as a Product Integrator, Project Officer, Program Analyst, Systems Integrator, or similar position within a government program or product office.
• Experience coordinating development, integration, testing, production, fielding, or sustainment activities for UAS or other complex defense systems.
• Familiarity with Army acquisition pathways, including Middle Tier Acquisition (MTA) and Major Capability Acquisition processes.
• Experience supporting program execution reviews, acquisition milestone decisions, and senior leadership briefings.
• Experience developing, maintaining, or coordinating an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), including schedule dependencies, critical path activities, and milestone tracking.
• Familiarity with program budgeting, funding execution, cost estimates, resource planning, and acquisition documentation.
• Experience coordinating across engineering, logistics, contracting, finance, cybersecurity, test, operations, and other acquisition functional areas.
• Knowledge of UAS hardware and software integration, ground control stations, command and control systems, mission equipment, or platform interoperability.
• Experience supporting configuration management, change control processes, and evaluation of engineering change proposals.
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes, requirements management, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), or Department of War Architecture Framework (DoDAF) products.
• Experience supporting hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing, integration laboratories, developmental testing, or operational testing.
• Familiarity with Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) principles and their application to defense system development and integration.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, information assurance, COMSEC, OPSEC, or ITAR considerations within defense acquisition programs.
• Experience with Agile software development processes or coordination of government-owned and OEM software releases.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, JIRA, SPDS, or similar program management, scheduling, requirements, and issue-tracking tools.
• Experience coordinating with government stakeholders, OEMs, prime contractors, subcontractors, and other industry partners.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong understanding of program and product integration principles, including the relationships among cost, schedule, technical performance, and operational requirements.
• Ability to maintain a program-level perspective while understanding and coordinating detailed technical activities and dependencies.
• Sound judgment and the ability to analyze complex technical and programmatic information to develop practical recommendations.
• Strong initiative, attention to detail, organization, and accountability for assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate customer needs, and translate general guidance into actionable tasks and coordinated execution plans.
• Effective leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills when working across government and contractor organizations.
• Ability to facilitate discussions, resolve competing priorities, and coordinate stakeholders toward common program objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to track multiple concurrent activities, manage deadlines, and respond effectively to changing program priorities.
• Commitment to teamwork, responsive customer support, continuous improvement, and successful delivery of mission capabilities.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, systems engineering, aerospace engineering, business administration, program management, information systems, technology management, logistics, or a related field. Additional years of relevant professional experience may be substituted for the degree.
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant professional experience, or a master's degree in a related field and one (1) year of relevant professional experience.

Travel: May require travel up to 10%.

Testing: Candidates may be subject to a written test as part of the candidate interview and selection process to demonstrate written communication skills and/or the ability to deal with potentially challenging notional situations which may arise while supporting a Product Office.

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance/Term Life Insurance
• AD&D
• Short Term / Long Term Disability
• 401K with Company Contribution
• Identity Theft Protection
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Bereavement/Jury Duty/Reserve Military Training Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement