Technical Program Manager

Hydrosat Inc.; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Health insurance

Mental Health Support

401(k) with match

Flexible PTO

Holidays

Parental Leave

Commuter stipend

Company discount

Job summary

Hydrosat Inc. seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead space-based remote-sensing programs.

Reporting to a Senior TPM within Space Segment, you will manage spacecraft, payload, or technology projects and align scope, schedule, and budget with engineering, operations, and leadership. Responsibilities include developing integrated schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and procurement coordination; leading program reviews, and ensuring timely delivery to customers while pursuing

Qualifications

• Five or more years of program management or related experience.
• Experience managing schedules, budgets, resources, procurements, risks, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to organize and execute technically complex projects with multiple stakeholders and priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including executive briefing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage programs from planning through development, integration, testing, delivery, and operational transition.
• Develop and maintain integrated program schedules with milestones, dependencies, and decision points.
• Establish and manage budgets, forecasts, and cost reporting.
• Coordinate staffing with engineering leadership and functional managers.
• Plan procurements, track long-lead items, manage vendor commitments, and resolve issues.
• Lead program meetings and provide status reports to leadership.
• Support major program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, Test Readiness, Delivery Readiness).
• Support customer communications and contract execution.
• Contribute to proposal development including schedules and staffing plans.

Skills

Program management

Scheduling

Budget management

Cross-functional teams

Communication

Risk management

Procurement coordination

Proposal development

Independent work

Education

Engineering/Science/Business degree

PMP certification

Tools

PM tools

Scheduling software

Documentation tools

Job description

Hydrosat is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to support the development and delivery of advanced space-based remote-sensing systems. Reporting to a Senior Technical Program Manager within the Space Segment organization, this individual will manage the day-to-day execution of one or more spacecraft, payload, or technology-development programs.

The Program Manager will work closely with engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, business development, and executive leadership to maintain program alignment across technical scope, schedule, budget, staffing, procurement, and customer commitments.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to

• Manage assigned programs from planning through development, integration, test, delivery, and operational transition.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate integrated program schedules, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and required decision points.
• Establish and manage program budgets, forecasts, estimates to complete, and cost-versus-plan reporting.
• Coordinate program staffing requirements with engineering leadership and functional managers.
• Work with supply chain and engineering personnel to plan procurements, track long-lead items, manage vendor commitments, and resolve material or supplier issues.
• Lead recurring program meetings and provide concise, decision-oriented status reporting to internal leadership and external stakeholders.
• Support the planning and execution of major program reviews, including SRR, PDR, CDR, TestReadinessReviews, and DeliveryReadinessReviews.
• Support customer communications, deliverable coordination, and contract execution.
• Contribute to proposal development, including technical and management volumes, schedules, basis-of-estimate development, staffing plans, risk identification, and cost inputs.
• Support new business activities by helping translate customer needs into executable program plans.
• Develop constructive working relationships with customers, subcontractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Support continuous improvement of Hydrosat’s program management processes, templates, and tools.

Other duties and responsibilities as required

• Five or more years of relevant experience in program management, project management, engineering management, operations, or a related role.
• Demonstrated experience managing schedules, budgets, resources, procurements, risks, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to organize and execute technically complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present program status clearly to technical teams and senior leadership.
• Experience developing program plans, schedules, budgets, status reports, and executive-level briefings.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make progress in situations where information may be incomplete or priorities may evolve.
• Ability to work effectively with engineers and other technical specialists without losing sight of cost, schedule, and customer commitments.
• Proficiency with common project management, scheduling, documentation, and productivity tools.
• Ability to work independently while operating within the direction and priorities established by the Senior Program Manager and Space Segment leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• College degree in engineering, science, business, program management, or related discipline. Additional experience can be substituted for a degree.
• Experience supporting spacecraft, payload, aerospace, defense, remote-sensing, or other complex hardware development programs.
• Experience managing programs through formal systems engineering and design-review milestones.
• Familiarity with hardware development, manufacturing, assembly, integration, environmental testing, and delivery.
• Experience developing proposals for commercial or U.S. Government customers.
• PMP certification or similar program management training.

Benefits

• Employee stock options
• Health insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental - Hydrosat covers 100% of employee premiums, 50% for dependents
• Mental Health Support
• Claims Concierge Service
• 401(k) with 100% match up to 4%, vested from day one
• Flexible, unlimited PTO
• 16 paid company holidays
• Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leave - up to 12 weeks fully paid
• Mental health support, including free therapy sessions
• Commuter and cell phone stipends
• Company Discount Program

Federal Contract Eligibility Requirement

Due to the nature of the work and applicable U.S. federal government contract requirements, this position is limited to individuals who are U.S. citizens. This requirement is mandated by the federal government and is not a discretionary employment policy. Proof of eligibility will be required as a condition of employment, consistent with applicable law.