IronMountain Solutions · 8 hours ago
Development and Modernization Air Vehicle Project Lead
IronMountain Solutions is seeking a highly motivated Project Lead to support the Development and Modernization Air Vehicle Team for the UH-60 Black Hawk program within Utility Helicopter. This role requires a blend of maintainer experience, programmatic leadership, and technical understanding of airframe and electrical systems.
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Responsibilities
Support development, modernization, and sustainment efforts for the UH-60 Black Hawk air vehicle
Lead and coordinate programmatic activities across engineering, maintenance, logistics, and test organizations
Serve as a primary interface with government PMOs, engineering leads, and aviation stakeholders
Develop and maintain schedules, risk registers, action trackers, and program status metrics
Translate maintainer and engineering inputs into actionable program recommendations
Proactively identify integration challenges, maintenance impacts, and air vehicle risks and drive mitigation actions to closure
Qualification
Required
Prior experience as an aircraft maintainer, preferably on UH-60 Black Hawk or similar rotary-wing platforms
Strong understanding of aircraft maintenance practices, technical manuals, and operational impacts of design changes
Ability to represent maintainer and operational perspectives during development and modernization efforts
Demonstrated experience supporting DoD aviation programs, preferably involving the Black Hawk platform
Experience coordinating program execution activities in support of cost, schedule, and technical objectives
Familiarity with government PMO processes, IPT participation, and program reviews
Working knowledge of airframe structures and electrical systems
Ability to understand engineering drawings, system architectures, and integration impacts
Experience collaborating with engineering teams to assess design changes, modifications, and modernization efforts
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering briefings to government and senior leadership
Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, including development of technical and programmatic charts
Highly motivated, self-directed individual capable of operating with minimal supervision
Proven ability to independently manage tasks, prioritize workload, and drive actions to completion
Comfortable working in dynamic environments with evolving requirements
Active or ability to obtain DoD Secret (or higher)
Preferred
Experience supporting Black Hawk modernization, modifications, or upgrades
Familiarity with airworthiness, configuration management, and aircraft certification processes
Background supporting fielded aircraft systems and operational units
Bachelor's degree in engineering, Aviation Maintenance, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience preferred but not required)
Company
IronMountain Solutions
IronMountain Solutions is a a DOD/U.S. Government engineering support contract company.