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Salary: USD 165,000 - 275,000 / annual
CHAOS Industries is seeking an experienced Program Scheduler to develop, maintain, and analyze Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) supporting the Massed Modular Aircraft program across all lifecycle phases—from concept and development through design, qualification, production, fielding, and in-service sustainment. This role bridges defense and commercial customer requirements, requiring familiarity with differing scheduling rigor, reporting standards, and contractual drivers for both U.S. government/defense contracts and commercial agreements.
Key responsibilities include:
• Develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) and Integrated Master Plans (IMP) across all program phases: development/design, test and qualification, production, delivery, and in-service/sustainment support.
• Build resource-loaded, logic-driven schedules with clearly defined critical paths, key milestones, and deliverable dependencies.
• Integrate engineering, manufacturing, test, supply chain, and quality inputs into a single, coherent program schedule baseline.
• Maintain schedule baselines and manage baseline change control per program and corporate procedures.
• Perform critical path analysis, schedule margin/float analysis, and schedule risk assessment (e.g., Monte Carlo analysis) to identify and quantify risk to key milestones.
• Conduct schedule health checks (e.g., DCMA 14-point assessment) to ensure schedule quality, logic integrity, and compliance with contractual and corporate standards.
• Identify schedule variances, root causes, and recovery/workaround options; communicate impacts clearly to program leadership.
• Support Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs), Program Management Reviews (PMRs), and Milestone/Gate reviews with schedule status, analysis, and risk input.
• Tailor scheduling approach and reporting cadence to contract framework requirements—including EVM-compliant scheduling for cost-type/FAR-based government contracts and streamlined milestone-based scheduling for commercial or fixed-price agreements.
• Support development of contractually required schedule deliverables (e.g., IMS/IMP submittals, CDRL schedule products) for government programs.
• Support customer schedule reviews and data calls, including potential international/Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) engagements.
• Partner with Financial Analysts to integrate schedule and cost performance data for EAC development and variance analysis.
• Work with Supply Chain to incorporate supplier and long-lead procurement schedules into the program-level IMS.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Manufacturing on technical baseline changes and schedule impacts.
• Support proposal scheduling, including development of Basis of Estimate (BOE) schedules and schedule risk inputs for new business pursuits.
• Maintain and administer scheduling software/tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera P6, or equivalent) and integration with cost/EVM tools.
• Prepare schedule status reports, dashboards, and metrics (e.g., schedule performance index/SPI, milestone trend charts) for internal and customer reporting.
• Maintain schedule documentation and audit trail supporting government and internal reviews.
The ideal candidate partners closely with Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Finance to build realistic, resource-loaded, risk-informed schedules and proactively identify and communicate schedule risk before it impacts program execution.
CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised $1 billion in funding from leading investors including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London. The company employs 500+ employees across 5 global offices.
**Requirements:**
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related technical field
• Minimum 5 years of program scheduling experience with direct exposure to defense/aerospace industry
• Proficiency with scheduling tools such as Oracle Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project
• Working knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and EIA-748 EVMS guidelines
• Experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) across full program lifecycle—development through production and in-service/sustainment support
• Exposure to both defense (EVM/FAR-based) and commercial customer scheduling frameworks
• Familiarity with DCMA 14-point schedule assessment and schedule risk analysis (SRA)/Monte Carlo tools (e.g., Acumen Fuse, Safran Risk)
• Experience supporting Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs) and formal government program reviews
**Preferred Requirements:**
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) or similar certification
• Ability to obtain/maintain Secret/Top Secret/SCI clearance
