Flight Software Program Manager — Space Systems

K2 Space; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 165.000 - 235.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

K2 Space is seeking a Technical Program Manager embedded with our Flight and Ground Software teams to own the software schedule across satellite programs. You will collaborate with software leads to maintain milestones, manage risks, and keep engineers focused on delivering on time.

This role is hybrid in Torrance, CA, with remote flexibility including one onsite week per month, and requires strong communication to leadership and customers about status and blockers.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in engineering or CS.
• 5+ years in technical program or project mgmt with software teams.
• Strong scheduling, dependency tracking, and milestone management.
• Ability to work with engineers daily and understand blockers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for leadership updates.
• Comfort in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments.

Aufgaben

• Own and maintain the software team's development schedule and milestones.
• Track progress, identify slips, and drive resolution with engineers.
• Coordinate software milestones with systems, avionics, and ops teams.
• Maintain risk register and escalate as needed.
• Lead recurring flight software reviews and planning sessions.
• Translate status into updates for leadership and customers.
• Support resource and capacity planning for the flight software team.
• Improve planning processes as production scales.

Kenntnisse

Technical PM

Schedule management

Stakeholder communication

Software team collaboration

Risk management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git workflows

CI/CD

Jobbeschreibung

K2 Space is seeking a Technical Program Manager embedded with our Flight and Ground Software teams to own the software schedule across satellite programs. You will collaborate with software leads to maintain milestones, manage risks, and keep engineers focused on delivering on time.

This role is hybrid in Torrance, CA, with remote flexibility including one onsite week per month, and requires strong communication to leadership and customers about status and blockers.