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Program Manager / Delivery Lead (Automotive / Aerospace - Infotainment)

Aita Consulting Services,Inc.Irvine, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 6, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Irvine, CA, United States
Posted
23 hours ago
Capacity PlanningStakeholder Management

Job Description

Role Name: Program Manager / Delivery Lead
Work Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)
Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager / Delivery Lead to lead the end-to-end execution and coordination of a large-scale Android platform modernization and application migration program for a next-generation In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) platform. The program involves Android operating system migration, hardware platform bring-up, middleware modernization, passenger, crew and maintenance application porting, integration, verification, Android compatibility qualification, release readiness, and customer acceptance support.
The Program Manager will serve as the primary delivery coordination lead responsible for planning, execution governance, schedule management, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and alignment across multiple engineering workstreams. The role will work closely with customer stakeholders, architects, engineering leads, verification teams, DevOps teams, and release management teams to ensure successful delivery of program objectives while maintaining schedule, quality, and reporting commitments.
This role is primarily focused on program execution, delivery governance, and cross-functional coordination, rather than hands-on software development.
Key Responsibilities
  • Program Planning & Execution
  • Own overall program execution for Android platform and application migration activities.
  • Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering platform bring-up, middleware migration, application migration, integration, verification, compliance testing, and release readiness activities.
  • Define milestones, delivery phases, checkpoints, dependencies, entry criteria, and exit criteria.
  • Establish governance processes for tracking scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
  • Coordinate work across distributed onsite and offshore engineering teams.
  • Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and customer program objectives.
  • Support program onboarding, resource ramp-up, and capacity planning activities.
  • Monitor project health and drive corrective actions where schedule or technical risks emerge.
  • Delivery Coordination
  • Coordinate delivery activities across multiple engineering domains including:
  • Android Platform & BSP
  • Middleware & Platform Services
  • Passenger Applications
  • Crew Applications
  • Maintenance Applications
  • Build & Release Engineering
  • Test Automation
  • System Integration
  • Android Compatibility & Compliance
  • Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and execution reviews.
  • Ensure technical teams are synchronized regarding deliverables, interfaces, integration points, and release schedules.
  • Manage dependency tracking across platform, middleware, application, and test teams.
  • Ensure timely closure of action items affecting project milestones.
  • Schedule Management
  • Create and maintain detailed project schedules and integrated master plans.
  • Track progress against committed milestones and delivery objectives.
  • Manage sprint, release, and milestone-level schedules.
  • Conduct schedule variance analysis and develop recovery plans when required.
  • Identify critical path items and escalation triggers.
  • Monitor resource allocation and project throughput against planned timelines.
  • Drive milestone readiness assessments before major releases or integration events.
  • Risk, Issue & Impediment Management
  • Maintain program-level risk and issue registers.
  • Proactively identify technical, schedule, resource, infrastructure, and dependency risks.
  • Facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution.
  • Coordinate root-cause analysis for major delivery challenges.
  • Escalate issues requiring leadership intervention.
  • Track mitigation actions through closure.
  • Remove execution impediments impacting engineering productivity and delivery commitments.
  • Coordinate resolution of environment, infrastructure, access, integration, and test setup issues.
  • Stakeholder Communication & Status Reporting
  • Act as primary delivery interface for customer and leadership stakeholders.
Required Qualifications: 
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 12+ years of software engineering, embedded systems, or technology program management experience.
  • Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale software development programs.
  • Experience leading complex platform migration or modernization programs.
  • Strong project and program management experience involving globally distributed teams.
  • Proven experience managing multi-stream deliveries involving development, integration, testing, and release teams.
  • Demonstrated success driving execution in schedule-sensitive environments.
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
  • Experience with risk management, dependency management, and escalation management.
  • Excellent organizational, leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Android platform development programs.
  • Experience with AOSP, BSP, embedded Linux, or Android-based product development.
  • Experience in:
    • In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
    • Aerospace systems
    • Automotive Infotainment
    • Consumer Electronics
    • Connected Products
  • Experience managing Android migration programs.
  • Familiarity with CTS, VTS, release qualification, and platform certification activities.
  • Experience managing offshore-onsite delivery models.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD and software release management processes.
  • Android based infotainment development program experience

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