Space Telco Engineering Project Manager

AST & Science, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with Company匹

STD/LTD Insurance

Life/AD&D Insurance

HSA/FSA Options

Employee Assistance Program

PTO & Holidays

Career Growth & Development

Job summary

AST SpaceMobile seeks a Technical Project Manager – Telco Engineering & Operations to drive complex telecommunications programs from planning through deployment. You will bridge engineering, operations, and business stakeholders, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, tracking risks, and ensuring successful delivery of mission-critical network capabilities.

Responsibilities include end-to-end project execution, stakeholder updates, and software release management across deployment and service

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Network Engineering, CS, IT, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree in Telecommunications, Systems Engineering, Network Architecture, Business Administration, or related discipline preferred.
• 8+ years of telecommunications engineering, network deployment, or technical program management experience.
• 3+ years managing complex technical projects involving multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience delivering telecommunications, network infrastructure, software, or technology projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in fast-paced technical environments.
• Experience coordinating execution across engineering, operations, deployment and support teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage detailed project plans: scope, milestones, schedules and dependencies.
• Lead end-to-end execution of technical projects across engineering, deployment, testing, operations, and service delivery.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within scope.
• Track progress, manage risks/issues, provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment between engineering, operations, product, deployment and partners.
• Translate requirements and architecture into actionable plans and deliverables.
• Coordinate activities across network infrastructure, software platforms, and operations.
• Support delivery of new products and capabilities from development to deployment.
• Manage software release activities: planning, testing, deployment, post-implementation reviews.
• Coordinate system integration and dependencies across technical domains.
• Support testing, field validation, and deployment readiness.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications/Network Engineering/CS/IT/Systems Engineering

Master's degree preferred in Telecommunications/Systems Engineering/Network Architecture/Business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

Portfolio management platforms

Requirements management tools

Network testing/validation platforms

Performance monitoring tools

Network modelling tools

SDLC platforms

Cloud/ virtualization environments

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

AST SpaceMobile seeks a Technical Project Manager – Telco Engineering & Operations to drive complex telecommunications programs from planning through deployment. You will bridge engineering, operations, and business stakeholders, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, tracking risks, and ensuring successful delivery of mission-critical network capabilities.

Responsibilities include end-to-end project execution, stakeholder updates, and software release management across deployment and service