Black Sky Aerospace Pty Ltd – Crestmead QLD

Black Sky Industries is an Australian company delivering sovereign capability across the defence and space sectors. We design and manufacture advanced technology here in Queensland, and we're growing our team as we scale.

The role As our Project Manager - Programs, you'll own the delivery of our research and development programs, from early concept to tested hardware. You'll break complex programs into clear work packages, own schedule, budget and risk, coordinate our engineering teams and external customers, and keep the work moving to test. This is a role with genuine ownership: you'll run the programs and elevate only what needs a portfolio-level decision.

Key responsibilities

Lead R&D; programs end to end, owning scope, schedule, budget, quality and risk

Break programs into clear work packages, milestones and deliverables, and allocate work across engineering teams

Coordinate mechanical, avionics, energetics and test teams so dependencies are managed and work is not blocked

Manage external customers, subcontractors and suppliers, including scope, contracts, cost and delivery

Plan and support test campaigns, including test readiness, safety and results review

Support design reviews (CoDR, PDR, CDR), and keep baselines and changes under configuration control

Manage reporting to the Program Manager, executive team and customers

Make sure program records meet AS9100, WHS and customer requirements

What you'll bring

Strong project or program management experience on technical development or R&D; programs that deliver hardware





Technical background with project management qualifications

Strong planning, scheduling, budgeting and risk management skills

Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams and external customers

Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills

Experience in a fast-paced or growing organization

Australian citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance

Highly regarded

Experience with propulsion, solid rocket motors or energetics

Experience planning and running test campaigns

Experience in defence, aerospace or another regulated engineering environment

Experience with government-funded or customer-funded R&D; programs

Experience working within an AS9100 quality management system

Exposure to manufacturing environment (low-rate production to full rate production)

A current NV1 security clearance and/or a willingness to obtain one

Meaningful work building sovereign capability for Australia

A capable, close-knit team

Broad exposure across engineering, manufacturing and operations

Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?

Are you an Australian citizen eligible to obtain a security clearance?

How many years' experience do you have managing R&D; or technical development programs?

Do you hold a tertiary qualification in engineering or project management?

Have you planned or run hardware test campaigns?

Have you worked in an AS9100 or ISO 9001 certified setting?

Do you have a current National Police Certificate?

📌 Project Manager (Brisbane)
🏢 Black Sky Aerospace
📍 Brisbane