Aerospace Technical Program Manager — Equity

Cowboy Space Corp.; United States; On-site; USD 157,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Cowboy Space Corp.

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

10 paid holidays per year

Paid parental leave

Relocation assistance

Office lunch and stocked kitchen

Job summary

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to coordinate a launch vehicle program from early development through production.

This hands-on role keeps a small team sequenced and unblocked, owning the master schedule and cost tracking while ensuring critical conversations happen at the right time. You will run standups and program reviews, align propulsion, structures, avionics, and vehicle design across disciplines, and create clear documentation.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in program management, systems engineering, or technical operations.
• Aerospace experience preferred but not required.
• Strong technical intuition and schedule awareness.
• Exceptional written communication skills.
• Bias toward action and proactive problem solving.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete information.
• Experience with scheduling tools (MS Project or Smartsheet).
• Extremely organized; nothing gets lost.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the integrated program schedule across propulsion, structures, avionics, and vehicle design.
• Track costs against budget and flag variances early.
• Run standups, syncs, and program reviews; keep them short and useful.
• Identify blockers and broker resolutions before they become problems.
• Sequence work across disciplines for right order of long-lead items, tests, reviews.
• Create and maintain decision logs, action items, and interface agreements.
• Communicate status up, down, and sideways so no one is surprised.

Skills

Program management

Systems engineering

Technical operations

Technical intuition

Written communication

Bias toward action

Ambiguity tolerance

Scheduling tools

Organizational skills

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Cowboy Space Corp. is seeking a Technical Program Manager to coordinate a launch vehicle program from early development through production.

This hands-on role keeps a small team sequenced and unblocked, owning the master schedule and cost tracking while ensuring critical conversations happen at the right time. You will run standups and program reviews, align propulsion, structures, avionics, and vehicle design across disciplines, and create clear documentation.