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Salary: USD 102,000 - 150,000 / annual
Overland AI, founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, is transforming land operations for modern defense through advanced robotics and machine learning. The company has developed OverDrive, an autonomy stack enabling ground vehicles to navigate and operate off-road without GPS or direct operator control, and OverWatch, a command-and-control interface for mission coordination. Backed by prominent defense investors including 8VC and Point 72, Overland AI has secured eight-figure contracts with DARPA, the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command.
You will serve as a Systems Project Manager supporting high-tempo engineering execution across multiple programs, teams, and workstreams. Your core responsibilities include running regular planning meetings, driving schedules, managing ticket queues, and maintaining plans and trackers to ensure clear communication across engineering, program, and operations teams. You will work closely with software, hardware, safety, and test teams to track issues, organize priorities, and support smooth delivery of engineering milestones.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate engineering activities by gathering objectives, deliverables, and resource needs from cross-functional teams
- Assist teams in creating and revising structured plans, validation documents, meeting notes, and process documentation
- Track and manage software and hardware issues across development and test cycles, ensuring accurate ticket creation, prioritization, and timely updates
- Provide clear reporting on milestone readiness, issue status, backlog trends, and outstanding risks
- Maintain visibility into schedules, deliverables, and cross-functional dependencies to ensure proper sequencing and alignment with program timelines
- Support planning for engineering validation efforts, field demonstrations, and customer deliverables by coordinating timelines, documentation, and technical prerequisites
- Track and follow up on action items outside of meetings to ensure resolution or closure
Your attention to detailed planning and processes will enable engineers to stay focused on building and validating system performance. The role is based onsite in Seattle with some travel expected (less than 20%), including regular trips to central Washington test sites and field locations.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, an Engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience in project coordination, test coordination, technical operations, QA, or related roles within robotics, autonomous systems, or software development environments
- Experience with JIRA or similar ticket management system
Desired Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience coordinating work across multiple engineering disciplines, including software and hardware teams
- Experience running technical working sessions, capturing decisions, and driving action-item follow-through
- Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent threads
- Comfortable working close to the technical work without needing to own technical decisions
- Comfortable working in environments ranging from office settings to manufacturing floors and field test sites
- Git/GitHub (or similar) familiarity for reviewing commits, branches, and logs; checking that images or builds are available in shared registries; following up with software owners when updates are needed
- Willingness to travel to field test sites and customer locations as needed
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill technical information into structured plans and actionable updates
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve efficiency in project tracking, documentation, or reporting
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance
