Aerospace Technical Program Manager: Flight Software

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Equity in the company

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites, embedding software across flight and ground systems. This role sits onsite in Torrance, CA, and focuses on keeping the software schedule aligned with hardware, test milestones, and mission readiness.

You will partner with engineers, managers, and customers to surface risks and maintain cadence. As a Technical Program Manager, you will drive visibility through clear status updates, ensure efficient sprint planning, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of technical program or project management experience with software engineering teams on embedded or flight software.
• Ability to build and maintain detailed schedules and track dependencies to hit firm milestones.
• Comfort working daily with software engineers to understand blockers and progress.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the software team's development schedule, including sprint and release plans.
• Track day-to-day progress, identify slips, and drive resolution of blockers with engineers and leads.
• Coordinate flight and ground software milestones with systems and mission operations to stay on schedule.
• Maintain the risk register for flight software and elevate decisions to leadership as needed.
• Run and facilitate flight software program reviews and planning sessions tied to schedule commitments.
• Translate engineering status into updates for leadership and customers with appropriate detail.
• Partner with software leads to right-size processes and scaling schedule tracking with team growth.
• Support resource and capacity planning for the flight software team across programs.

Skills

Scheduling

Software experience

Embedded software knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git-based workflows

CI/CD

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites, embedding software across flight and ground systems. This role sits onsite in Torrance, CA, and focuses on keeping the software schedule aligned with hardware, test milestones, and mission readiness.

You will partner with engineers, managers, and customers to surface risks and maintain cadence. As a Technical Program Manager, you will drive visibility through clear status updates, ensure efficient sprint planning, and