Senior Space Program Scheduler - Master Timelines & Launch

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Principal Program Scheduler to architect and maintain end-to-end development timelines for satellite programs, spanning concept studies to on-orbit operations. You will coordinate across engineering, operations, and production to deliver detailed plans and data-driven milestones that keep multiple programs on schedule.

You will lead complex what-if analyses, build schedule tools, and monitor data sources, with a focus on government and commercial work, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, operations management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience with project planning and integrated master scheduling.
• Experience integrating schedules within the same tool, and from third parties and various data sources.
• Experience interfacing with External and Internal Leadership.
• Experience performing critical path and what-if analysis.
• Experience with schedule health metrics and work breakdown structures.
• Experience with summary schedule reporting tools such as Microsoft Timeline or equivalent.
• Highly proficient with Smartsheet, MS Project, Primavera, and/or other similar-to schedule applications or processes.

Responsibilities

• Create, own, and drive master schedules for new satellite programs from inception through launch and on-orbit operations
• Develop, communicate, and deliver clear, data-driven critical path schedules and progress updates to internal teams and customers
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and production teams to assure alignment to ground truth milestones
• Rapidly assess new and ongoing projects, identify required dependencies from internal and external stakeholders
• Gain deep operational insight into K2’s engineering, manufacturing, and launch workflows to drive accurate schedules and process improvements
• Lead fast-paced, high impact reviews as needed to keep plans current and actionable
• Perform complex what-if analysis and recommend paths forward to Leadership
• Build schedule tools and reports to enable time-relevant decision-making
• Proactively monitor engineering data sources to enable more accurate schedules

Skills

Project planning

Integrated master scheduling

Critical path analysis

What-if analysis

Schedule health metrics

Work breakdown structures

Summary schedule reporting

Smartsheet

MS Project

Primavera

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, operations management, or a related field

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

K2 Space Corporation is seeking a Principal Program Scheduler to architect and maintain end-to-end development timelines for satellite programs, spanning concept studies to on-orbit operations. You will coordinate across engineering, operations, and production to deliver detailed plans and data-driven milestones that keep multiple programs on schedule.

You will lead complex what-if analyses, build schedule tools, and monitor data sources, with a focus on government and commercial work, ensuring