Technical Program Manager

Cubit Capital; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 167,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

401k matching

Health insurance

Parental leave

Flexible vacation

Company holidays

Wellness benefit

Relocation package

Job summary

Albedo is redefining space mission infrastructure from its Broomfield, CO HQ. We seek a seasoned program manager to own complex hardware build schedules, coordinate engineering, production, and software, and drive on-time delivery for multiple programs with strict milestones.

You’ll partner with engineering and production leaders to translate plans into durable durations, assess risks, and keep the schedule as the system of record.

Qualifications

• BS in EE, CE, Aero, or ME, or equivalent technical fluency.
• 8+ years in program or engineering management for hardware with at least one ownership of detailed build or AI&T schedule.
• Schedule ownership with resource-loaded plans, negotiated durations, and a clear critical path.
• Experience spanning mechanical, electrical, software, and test in a single integrated schedule.
• Hardware production or integration/test exposure on the factory floor or adjacent.
• CAPM/PMP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own execution of projects and programs against company goals and delivery dates.
• Build and maintain an integrated schedule across engineering, production, and software with a defined critical path.
• Manage build-schedule depth: AI&T flow, production sequencing, resource loading, test-stand contention.
• Partner with leads to translate plans into realistic durations teams will stand behind.
• Identify slips early, replan options, and present decisions to the team.
• Own cadence and ensure Linear remains the system of record with clear health and dependencies.
• Develop a scalable program-management practice with cadence, reporting, escalation, and standards.
• Represent programs to external customers and partners while keeping internal delivery ownership.

Skills

Program management

Schedule ownership

Cross-disciplinary

Hardware exposure

Education

BS in EE/CE/Aero/ME or equivalent

Job description

Albedo is making Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) mainstream, building the infrastructure to usher every satellite mission set into this new orbital domain. We build buses, integrated satellites, and turnkey missions for customers to thrive in VLEO, between 250 km - 400 km, where proximity compounds performance and drag self‑cleans debris.

As part of the first 100 employees at Albedo, you will have a big impact on Albedo’s trajectory to proliferating VLEO – whether you’re advancing hardware to increase satellite longevity, scaling production for large constellations, building next‑gen flight and ground software to push performance, or enabling missions that matter for national security and our day‑to‑day life here on earth.

We take a first‑principles approach— in space and in business. We move with speed, take calculated risks, and learn quickly. We use AI regularly to create leverage in every discipline across the company. We work in‑person at our Broomfield CO HQ to maximize team and company productivity. We work hard and with urgency to compound our first‑mover advantage.

Builders who want to own outcomes, not tasks. Systems thinkers who balance precision with iteration while thinking about the big picture. Individuals who are energized by creating a category rather than competing in an existing one. You’ll join a team that has already proven what others said wasn’t feasible and is now scaling and upgrading our VLEO buses & payloads to serve mission sets across sensing, communications, and responsive operations.

What You'll Do

• Own the execution of projects and programs across the company, measured against Albedo's company goals and committed delivery dates.
• Build and maintain the integrated schedule spanning engineering, production, and software: GNC, FSW, GSW, Comms, Systems, Electronics, Optical, Mechanical, Thermal, and Production, with a real critical path and explicit margin.
• Work at the build‑schedule depth, not the milestone‑roll‑up depth: AI&T flow, production sequencing, resource loading, test‑stand and fixture contention, and long‑lead procurement. You will be in the details with the people doing the work.
• Partner with team leads and systems engineering to translate technical plans into durations they will stand behind and hold the line when those durations are optimistic.
• Find slips before they are announced. Run the replan, quantify the options, and present a decision to the team.
• Own the execution cadence and keep Linear accurate as the system of record, with health, status, and dependencies that leadership can trust.
• Build the program‑management practice: cadence, reporting, escalation, and schedule standards that others can run as we add programs and headcount.
• Represent programs to external customers and partners where applicable, while keeping internal delivery ownership as the primary focus.

Your Ideal Skills And Experience

• BS in EE, CE, Aero, or ME, or demonstrated equivalent technical fluency.
• 8+ years in program or engineering management for hardware programs, with at least one where they owned the detailed build or AI&T schedule.
• Demonstrated task‑level schedule ownership: resource‑loaded plans, negotiated durations, and the critical path you can still explain.
• Multi‑disciplinary integration experience: has run a schedule spanning mechanical, electrical, software, and test, not a single‑function plan.
• Hardware production or integration and test exposure: has been on the floor or adjacent to it while something was being built.
• CAPM/PMP a plus.

Salary Range

$167,450-$180,523

USD 167,450-180,523 / year + Equity

Compensation And Benefits For Full-Time Roles

• Employee friendly equity compensation
• 4% direct matching 401k
• Health Insurance: 100% employee coverage & 75% dependent coverage
• Parental leave and childcare coverage
• Flexible vacation and sick time from day one
• 12 company holidays
• $100 monthly wellness benefit
• Relocation package if not based in Denver

The final compensation package is subject to change if the candidate's experience and company need drive a different job level than originally slated for the position.

Albedo does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to Albedo employees. Albedo is not responsible for any fees or overhead related to unsolicited resumes.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. All persons hired will be required to be a U.S. citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled:

Albedo is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Relocation:

Relocation support for this position is available

Applicants must be a U.S. Person as defined under 22 CFR 120.62

Research shows that while men apply to jobs where they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented people tend to only apply when they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Albedo, we'd rather hear from you. We care more about how you think than which boxes you check. We value people who do the math, make their assumptions explicit, and ask the annoying questions: what breaks, what's the failure mode, what has to be true for this to work?