Senior Software Program Manager - Space Programs

Socket.dev; Camarillo (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision)

Paid Time Off and Holidays

HSA and FSA

Traditional 401(k) with company match

Life Insurance, AD&D and LTD

Voluntary Coverages (Critical Illness,

Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Life

Tuition Assistance Program

Employee Assistance Program

9/80 workweek

Job summary

Lucix Corporation in California seeks an experienced Sr. Software Program Manager to lead software-intensive space programs and coordinate IPT resources across software, systems, hardware, and operations.

You will drive plans, budgets, schedules, and risk management throughout the development life cycle. You will partner with software leadership to set milestones, manage development plans, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining high quality and strong customer engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related technical field.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in software development, software engineering management, technical project/program leadership, or development of complex aerospace/defense systems.
• Experience managing software development schedules, requirements, integration, verification/validation, releases, risks and cross-functional dependencies is required.
• Familiarity with spiral/iterative development, Agile/Scrum sprint methods, DevSecOps and CI/CD practices is desired.
• Software Defined Radio (SDR) development or program experience is highly desirable, particularly involving embedded/real-time software, FPGA/firmware, RF communications or hardware/software integration.

Responsibilities

• Manage program cost, schedule and technical performance according to budget and customer requirements.
• Lead the Integrated Product Team (IPT) through matrix management of Software, Systems, Hardware Engineering, Operations, Quality and Finance resources.
• Own software program execution across the development life cycle, including requirements, architecture/planning, implementation, integration, verification/validation, release and sustainment activities.
• Work with software leadership to establish development plans, sprint/release objectives, milestones, staffing needs, dependencies and completion criteria.
• Monitor software execution using Agile/Scrum sprints, iterative/spiral development, backlog/burndown, DevSecOps and CI/CD practices as applicable.
• Coordinate software, firmware, FPGA and hardware dependencies and drive timely resolution of integration issues, technical risks and schedule conflicts.
• Responsible for customer engagement and communication during program execution, including software status, risks, recovery plans and technical/programmatic tradeoffs.
• Develop program and risk plans over the program life cycle, from proposal through delivery.

Skills

Software Program Management

Agile/Scrum

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's in engineering/CS/Software Eng or related

Job description

Lucix Corporation in California seeks an experienced Sr. Software Program Manager to lead software-intensive space programs and coordinate IPT resources across software, systems, hardware, and operations.

You will drive plans, budgets, schedules, and risk management throughout the development life cycle. You will partner with software leadership to set milestones, manage development plans, and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining high quality and strong customer engagement.