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Worker Type

Regular

Job Description

Summary
As Program Scheduler, you'll develop, advise, manage, and maintain integrated schedules that drive program execution, aligning with industry best practices. You'll collaborate with technical teams, program managers, engineers, other schedulers, and customers to produce high-quality, customer-ready schedules that reflect the complexity of both research and large-scale production efforts.

On any given day, the selected candidate may perform the following duties:

• Define schedule metrics, while building and maintaining resource-loaded schedule plans using Microsoft Project across a variety of space and defense development efforts, from R&D to large-scale manufacturing.

• Collaborate closely with project management, engineering leads, and other stakeholders to create and maintain accurate, realistic, and logically structured project timelines and schedules, cost information and variances.

• Monitor schedule performance, provide regular updates while identifying variances or risks to the critical path, and recommend corrective actions as needed.

• Drive internal and customer reporting cycles and deadlines, including schedule reviews, performance metrics, and schedule risk assessments.

• Coordinate across departments such as contracts, finance, manufacturing, and program management to share critical information needed to maintain schedule alignment with key deliverables and milestones.

• Provide insight and guidance on corporate processes that tie closely to workflow and project execution.

• Develop and share templates and tools with IPTLs, SMEs and others to support broader adoption of scheduling best practices across cross functional teams.

• Provide guidance and input on continuous improvement of scheduling processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in project management, business administration, systems engineering, industrial engineering, or other related field.

• 3 years of relevant program scheduling experience.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Project (or similar tools) with demonstrated experience building and managing detailed, resource-loaded schedules.

• Understanding of the project lifecycle, from requirements definition and proposal development through to program execution and delivery.

• Demonstrated experience with critical path analysis and providing actionable solutions for recovery and risk mitigation.

• Ability to support and maintain existing program schedules and work alongside other schedulers to complete status updates.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOD Clearance.

Desired Skills and Education:

• Master's degree in project management, business administration, systems engineering, or industrial engineering.

• Demonstrated experience and evidence of training in developing and managing schedules within Earned Value Management System (EVMS) environments.

• Experience developing and managing schedules supporting advanced technology manufacturing or space systems programs.

• Strong initiative in defining, proposing, implementing, and communicating schedule metrics that support informed decision-making.

• Beginner- to intermediate-level knowledge of DoDI 5000.88 and related scheduling standards.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen, evaluate, summarize and communicate change seamlessly with technical teams, leadership, and external customers.

• Familiarity with Department of Defense Integrated Master Plan/Integrated Master Schedule (IMP/IMS) principles.

• Working knowledge of Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.88 or equivalent government program management frameworks.

• Current DoD security clearance, or equivalent.

Physical Demands

• Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Constant)

• Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent)

Clearance Level

No Clearance

The salary range for this role is:

$80,500 - $114,450

AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.

ITAR Requirement:

This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.

Benefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.

We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.

Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.

About AV:

AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.

We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.

Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. Our heritage includes seven platforms in the Smithsonian—but we’re not building history, we’re building what’s next.

If you're ready to build technology that matters—with speed, scale, and purpose—there’s no better place to do it than AV.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. AeroVironment, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Qualified applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identity or other legally protected status.

ITAR

U.S. Citizenship required