Senior Program Manager, Missile Warning & Tracking (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid in San Jose, California, with on-site work required three days per week. U.S.-only performance; U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance are required.

Salary: $206,000–$232,000 annually, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations for climate monitoring, national security, and other mission-critical Earth Intelligence applications.

What you will do

• Own program delivery across cost, schedule, technical performance, scope, risks, and contract milestones.
• Lead satellite programs through design reviews, payload and spacecraft integration, environmental testing, launch, and on-orbit demonstration.
• Manage multidisciplinary internal teams, subcontractors, and critical-path vendors for EO/IR payloads, algorithms, avionics, optics, and spacecraft builds.
• Run program cadences, design reviews, readiness reviews, status reporting, and customer contract deliverables.
• Partner with systems engineering, technical leads, Contracts, Finance, Mission Management, and Business Development to resolve issues and manage follow-on strategy.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. contract requirements, ITAR/EAR export controls, technical data rights, security requirements, and CUI handling.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in program or technical management of complex technical system development, deployment, and operations.
• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience or direct ownership of a hardware development effort from design reviews through tested product.
• Direct experience with space, defense, or aerospace program planning and execution, including multiple subcontractors and complex critical-path supply chains.
• Experience with rapid-acquisition or prototype agreements for government customers, government program lifecycles, technical data rights, and contract deliverables.
• Active Secret U.S. security clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.
• Excellent written communication skills for authoring and approving contract deliverables.

Nice to have

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience with missile warning, missile tracking, missile defense, or space-based infrared programs.
• Knowledge of EO/IR sensor architectures, focal plane arrays, cryocooler integration, and missile warning data products.
• Experience with TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC testing, launch integration, and early on-orbit operations.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), disability coverage, and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support.