Project Manager

About Overland AI 

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Overland AI is transforming land operations for modern defense. The company leverages over a decade of advanced research in robotics and machine learning, as well as a field-test forward ethos, to deliver combined capabilities for unit commanders. Our OverDrive autonomy stack enables ground vehicles to navigate and operate off-road in any terrain without GPS or direct operator control. Our intuitive OverWatch C2 interface provides commanders with precise coordination capabilities essential for mission success.  

Overland AI has secured funding from prominent defense tech investors including 8VC and Point 72, and built trusted partnerships with DARPA, the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command. Backed by eight-figure contracts across the Department of Defense, we are strengthening national security by iterating closely with end users engaged in tactical operations.   

Role Summary 

Overland AI is hiring a Project Manager to drive engineering execution and technical follow-through within the Systems, Safety, and Test (SST) organization. 

This role is responsible for keeping engineering efforts moving. You will run technical working sessions and integration meetings, capture decisions, track action items, and ensure cross-team technical work progresses to completion. When details risk slipping or coordination breaks down, you step in to restore clarity and momentum — enabling senior engineers and systems leaders to stay focused on solving complex technical problems. 

Working alongside software, hardware, production, safety, and test teams, you coordinate day-to-day handoffs and execution across disciplines. Embedded within systems and test, you operate close to the technical work, unblocking issues, maintaining alignment, and ensuring commitments are translated into outcomes. 

Your work will closely support Program Managers & Leadership by providing clear, timely engineering execution updates that support broader planning and delivery, while your focus remains on strengthening the internal engineering engine. As Overland AI scales, this role plays a critical part in sustaining execution discipline across increasingly complex systems. 

Key Responsibilities 

Own Engineering Execution & Follow-Through 

• Run engineering working sessions, integration syncs, and release readiness meetings 

• Capture decisions, risks, and action items; drive follow-up until closure 

• Maintain clarity on owners, timelines, and next steps across concurrent efforts 

Coordinate Cross-Team Technical Work 

• Coordinate day-to-day execution across software, hardware, production, safety, and test teams 

• Manage handoffs between teams as work moves from design to implementation, test, and release 

• Ensure cross-team dependencies are understood, tracked, and addressed 

Support Integration, Bugs, and Releases 

• Support bug triage, issue tracking, and release coordination in partnership with engineering leads 

• Track progress toward engineering milestones and release goals 

• Surface execution risks, resource constraints, and integration gaps early 

Track Engineering Resources & Constraints 

• Maintain visibility into engineering workload, test capacity, and key resource bottlenecks 

• Help engineering leads and systems leadership make informed trade-offs when priorities conflict 

• Coordinate adjustments to plans based on available resources and execution realities 

Manage Execution Risk 

• Identify execution, integration, and schedule risks within engineering work 

• Track mitigation actions and ensure they are addressed 

• Escalate risks when commitments or assumptions are no longer valid 

Documentation & Engineering Reporting 

• Maintain clear records of decisions, action items, and execution status 

• Produce concise engineering execution updates to support Systems Engineering leadership and Program Management 

• Ensure engineering outputs are documented and traceable across discussions and time 

Strengthen Engineering Processes 

• Identify breakdowns in coordination, tracking, or execution 

• Propose and implement lightweight process improvements that reduce friction 

• Help make engineering execution more predictable as the organization scales 

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent practical experience 

• 3+ years in a technical environment supporting engineering execution, integration, test, or systems work 

• 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 

• Able to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments 

• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment where personal protective equipment (PPE) is required to collaborate with manufacturing teams 

• Willingness to travel to and work at field test sites, including regular trips to our Ellensburg test site 

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DoD security clearance 

What Will Set You Apart 

• Experience with hardware–software integrated systems and development cycles (robotics, autonomy, automotive, aerospace, defense) 

• Background in systems engineering, integration, test, quality, or engineering operations 

• Familiarity with bug tracking, release coordination, and execution reporting 

• Experience supporting test readiness, field testing, or system acceptance activities 

• Demonstrated ability to drive follow-through and escalation without formal authority 

• Long-term interest in execution and integration work as a respected engineering role 

• Genuine interest in technology, defense, and mission-driven work, and a passion for building great teams 

Location 

The preferred location for this position is onsite in Seattle, WA. 

Compensation 

Annual Base Pay: $95,000 – $135,000 USD 

Benefits

• Equity compensation 

• Best-in-class healthcare, dental, and vision plans 

• Unlimited PTO 

• 401(k) with company match 

• Parental leave