Senior Technical Program Manager — Satellite Systems

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 231,000 - 323,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to guide satellite terminal and RF ground station program delivery from concept through production and deployment. You will coordinate hardware, embedded software, RF, and manufacturing teams to achieve program milestones with strong governance.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of leadership in complex hardware programs, excellent communication, and a data-driven approach to risk and schedule management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management or related leadership experience in complex hardware, embedded systems, telecom, aerospace, or network infrastructure programs.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own program execution for customer terminal development efforts across multiple engineering teams.
• Build integrated schedules, milestone plans, dependency maps, and risk registers for hardware, firmware, RF, test, compliance, and manufacturing workstreams.
• Drive weekly program reviews, action tracking, and executive reporting with clear status, blockers, decisions, and next steps.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across hardware, embedded software, RF systems, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality.
• Establish program mechanisms for issue escalation, change control, requirement tracking, and decision logging.
• Partner with engineering leads to identifying technical risks early and drive mitigation plans to closure.
• Support development of manufacturing readiness, validation plans, and factory ramp activities for customer terminals and RF ground stations.
• Work with contract manufacturers and external vendors to manage build schedules, deliverables, and quality outcomes.
• Ensure test, deployment, and field-readiness plans are defined for both terminal and ground station systems.
• Track cost, schedule, performance, and yield metrics; highlight deviations and drive corrective action.
• Communicate clearly and frequently with leadership, ensuring alignment on priorities and tradeoffs.
• Help create repeatable program processes that improve velocity, accountability, and predictability across teams.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Hardware development

RF systems

Manufacturing readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or software engineering

Master's degree in electrical, mechanical or software engineering

Job description

Blue Origin seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to guide satellite terminal and RF ground station program delivery from concept through production and deployment. You will coordinate hardware, embedded software, RF, and manufacturing teams to achieve program milestones with strong governance.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of leadership in complex hardware programs, excellent communication, and a data-driven approach to risk and schedule management.