Entry-Level PLM & ECO Project Manager

Astranis; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Free on-site meals

Job summary

Astranis is seeking a highly organized Project Manager, Configuration Management to help manage ECOs, PLM records, and engineering-change processes for satellite hardware. This entry-level PLM Analyst I role offers exposure to how complex hardware is designed, released, built, and improved.

You will work with PLM, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure changes are documented, traceable, and ready for execution, enabling faster, more reliable satellite production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, manufacturing, information systems, or a related technical field—or equivalent relevant experience.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to perform high-accuracy, process-driven work.
• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort working with structured data, spreadsheets, and technical documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple requests, prioritize effectively, and follow defined processes.
• Collaborative approach with technical and operational stakeholders.
• Curiosity about how physical products are designed, documented, released, and built.

Responsibilities

• Create, enter, maintain, and track Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and associated PLM records.
• Review ECO submissions for completeness, accuracy, required documentation, and adherence to established naming, revision-control, and release standards.
• Coordinate ECO routing, approvals, and follow-up across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and other cross-functional teams.
• Proactively identify stalled, incomplete, or inconsistent change requests and work with stakeholders to keep them moving.
• Support the release and revision of parts, assemblies, drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), and related engineering documentation.
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and metrics for ECO throughput, backlog, cycle time, and data quality.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Written and verbal communication

Structured data handling

Multitasking

Cross-functional collaboration

Curiosity about hardware development

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

PLM software

ERP systems

Document-control systems

Ticketing/workflow tools

Job description

Astranis is seeking a highly organized Project Manager, Configuration Management to help manage ECOs, PLM records, and engineering-change processes for satellite hardware. This entry-level PLM Analyst I role offers exposure to how complex hardware is designed, released, built, and improved.

You will work with PLM, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to ensure changes are documented, traceable, and ready for execution, enabling faster, more reliable satellite production.