Project Scheduler

Star Catcher; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Star Catcher in Jacksonville, FL, is seeking a Project Scheduler to plan and manage schedules for space-to-space power beaming projects and the Star Catcher Network. You’ll coordinate with engineering, procurement, and operations to ensure milestones align with program goals.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in project planning with strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, PM, or related field.
• 3+ years in project planning, scheduling, cost control, or project management activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, build, and maintain integrated project schedules from initiation through closeout with cross-functional coordination.
• Perform critical path analysis to identify activities driving completion and schedule risk.
• Analyze schedule variances, determine root causes, and recommend recovery strategies to keep projects on track.
• Evaluate schedule impact of scope changes and support time-impact analyses and claims.
• Facilitate planning activities including system schedule generation, updates, and resource coordination.
• Collaborate with leadership, technical teams, contractors, and suppliers to align on objectives and data.
• Interface with suppliers and customers to ensure deliverables track to schedule.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting systems for accuracy and consistency.
• Prepare program status updates and executive reports when needed.
• Experience with hardware development lifecycles for engineering systems.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or related field

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Project

Asana

Job description

Power the future of space at Star Catcher

Star Catcher is building the first energy grid in space to power the orbital economy.

Today’s spacecraft must generate all of their own power, which caps what they can do and how long they can operate. But what if they could “plug” into a grid, the way buildings do on Earth? Instead of cables and outlets, Star Catcher is building the technology to wirelessly beam energy to spacecraft’s existing solar panels when and where they need it. Be an early member of a team building an entirely new energy infrastructure at scale to power the next frontier.

Star Catcher Industries, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida, has an opportunity for aProject Scheduler to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. This role will be responsible for analyzing, planning, and executing design and implementation of systems or components used on spacecraft, satellites, and other space-related technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, build, and maintain integrated project schedules from project initiation through closeout, ensuring all activities, milestones, and dependencies are accurately captured and in coordination with cross functional teams.
• Perform critical path analysis to identify activities that drive project completion and highlight areas of schedule risk.
• Analyze schedule variances and delays, determine root causes, and recommend recovery strategies or workaround options to keep projects on track.
• Evaluate the schedule impact of proposed scope changes, change orders, and unforeseen events, and support time-impact analyses and claims as needed.
• Facilitate planning activities, including system schedule generation, updates, resource coordination, and change management processes.
• Collaborate with project leadership, technical teams, contractors, suppliers, and other stakeholders to collect project data and ensure alignment on project objectives.
• Interface with suppliers, contract manufacturers, launch providers, and customers to ensure deliverables track to project schedule delivery.
• Maintain project documentation, records, and reporting systems to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• As needed, prepare and present program status updates, technical documentation, resource forecasts, and executive-level reports to leadership.
• Experience with hardware development lifecycles, including design, manufacturing, integration, testing, and deployment of engineering systems.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience supporting project planning, scheduling, cost control, or project management activities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret project as well as technical data to identify trends.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira, Microsoft Project, Asana, Agile, or equivalent platforms.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with project or product development within aerospace, defense, robotics, or other high-technology industries.
• Experience supporting spacecraft, launch vehicle, satellite, payload, or ground systems programs.
• Familiarity with NASA, DoD, FAA, or commercial space industry standards and regulations.
• PMP or similar project/program management certification.

Help us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package including access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, and paid parental leave, in addition to other benefits.

Star Catcher is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Star Catcher is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Star Catcher are contingent upon results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.