Satellite Program Manager — Hardware & Milestones

Frontdoor Defense; Burlingame (CA); Presencial; USD 132.000 - 148.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Xona, the navigational intelligence company, is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Satellite to drive the hardware program across bus and payload. You will partner with the program lead and engineering teams to keep a complex schedule on track and own key workstreams from design through integration.

You will coordinate across avionics, RF/payload, ground software and production, manage risks, deliver program status to leadership, and help optimize lightweight PM processes as the team scales.

Formación

• 3-5 years in technical program management or related roles supporting hardware or software development.
• Experience with hardware, embedded software, systems integration, testing, manufacturing, or external suppliers.
• Strong systems-thinking and ability to track interdependencies across subsystems while maintaining focus on the critical path.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain schedules, track risks and action items, and communicate program health clearly.
• Proactive and self-directed: identify gaps, keep work moving, and know when to escalate.
• Clear communicator who can summarize status for leadership.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment with lightweight processes and shifting priorities.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain satellite development schedule across bus subsystems and payload milestones.
• Coordinate across avionics, RF/payload, ground software, and production teams.
• Track bus-vendor and payload-supplier deliverables and align external commitments with milestones.
• Maintain the risk register and issue tracker; escalate blockers before delays.
• Prepare and deliver regular satellite program-status updates to leadership.
• Organize and facilitate program working sessions and cross-functional meetings; capture decisions and actions.
• Help develop lightweight program-management processes for a small team moving quickly.

Conocimientos

Technical program management

Cross-functional coordination

Scheduling

Risk management

Communication

Herramientas

Wrike

MS Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Descripción del empleo

Xona, the navigational intelligence company, is seeking a Technical Program Manager, Satellite to drive the hardware program across bus and payload. You will partner with the program lead and engineering teams to keep a complex schedule on track and own key workstreams from design through integration.

You will coordinate across avionics, RF/payload, ground software and production, manage risks, deliver program status to leadership, and help optimize lightweight PM processes as the team scales.