Hardware Operations Specialist

LMI is seeking a highly organized and proactive Hardware Operations Specialist to support the planning, coordination, and execution of hardware development, manufacturing, and delivery activities within SPECTR.

This position will report directly to the Hardware Manager and serve as a key operational resource supporting the Hardware organization while facilitating coordination across multiple teams within the SPECTR business unit. The role will focus on project execution, operational efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment between hardware engineering, business development, program delivery, and other organizational stakeholders.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a fast-paced technical environment, managing multiple priorities, and translating complex project activities into clear, actionable information for leadership and stakeholders.

This is a coordination and execution-focused position that enables engineers and technical leads to concentrate on product development while ensuring projects remain organized, accountable, and aligned with business priorities.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed. 

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, homeland, healthcare, and intelligence sectors—helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value. 

Hardware Project Coordination

• Establish, maintain, and monitor project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Coordinate day-to-day project activities across multiple hardware development and manufacturing initiatives.
• Track project progress and identify schedule risks, resource constraints, and outstanding actions.
  Facilitate coordination between engineering, firmware, manufacturing, procurement, and program delivery teams.
• Maintain project documentation, meeting notes, action registers, and status reports.
• Support leadership in prioritizing competing hardware development and delivery requirements.
• Coordinate project reviews and ensure timely communication of decisions and outstanding issues.

Workflow Management

• Create, organize, assign, and maintain Jira tickets, epics, and project boards.
• Serve as the primary coordinator for hardware project tracking within project management system.
• Monitor ticket status, ownership, due dates, dependencies, and completion.
• Work with technical leads to ensure engineering activities are accurately captured and prioritized.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools to provide visibility into project progress and team workload.
• Identify overdue actions, workflow bottlenecks, and potential schedule impacts.
• Support continuous improvement of hardware project management processes.

Business Development and Pipeline Integration

• Ensure current and planned hardware capabilities are accurately represented in opportunity development, customer discussions, and proposal activities.
• Assist with coordination point between the hardware team and SPECTR business development stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of active opportunities and emerging customer requirements across the business development pipeline.
• Coordinate with technical leads to validate hardware feasibility, development timelines, and product availability.
• Track hardware-related requirements and commitments throughout the opportunity lifecycle.
• Maintain visibility into anticipated hardware demand to support manufacturing and resource planning.

Reporting and Operational Support

• Prepare materials for leadership reviews, project meetings, and operational discussions.
• Develop and maintain consolidated hardware project status reports and dashboards.
• Track key performance indicators related to project execution, milestone completion, and delivery performance.
• Maintain centralized documentation of project decisions, commitments, and outstanding actions.
• Support process improvements that increase transparency, accountability, and operational efficiency.
• Provide administrative and organizational support to hardware leadership as needed.

Location: This position may be supported remotely. Location in the DC, Maryland and Virginia area preferred. 

Travel: Travel as needed to support customer discovery, site assessments, demonstrations, pilots, deployments, and other business needs. 

Availability: Availability during core business hours is required. Additional coordination may be required based on customer and project needs. 

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, project management, engineering management, operations, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in project coordination, project management, program operations, or a related role.
• Experience project management and workflow tracking platforms.
• Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience tracking schedules, milestones, deliverables, and action items.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively across technical and nontechnical teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify issues, and proactively drive actions to completion.

Nice to Have: 

•  Experience supporting hardware engineering, product development, manufacturing, or technical programs.
• Familiarity with government contracting and federal acquisition environments.
• Experience supporting business development, capture management, or proposal development.
• Knowledge of product development lifecycles, manufacturing processes, or supply chain operations.
• Experience developing dashboards, workflows, and project reporting tools.
• Familiarity with Agile, traditional, or hybrid project management methodologies.
• PMP, CAPM, or similar project management certification.
  

Target Salary Range: $92,075- $158,138

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances. 

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Applicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, LMI will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances, due to the nature of the work.