Principal Program Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States; occasional travel or off-site work may be required.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, optical systems, flight software, and other critical space subsystems.

What you will do

• Manage multiple government contracts and technical programs, including cost, schedule, staffing, risk, and technical performance.
• Identify risks, create contingency and recovery plans, resolve issues, and track financial impacts.
• Lead engineers through test planning, execution, and resolution of operational and technical issues.
• Lead customer meetings, program reviews, technical interchange meetings, and executive-level communications.
• Develop and track Integrated Master Schedules and manage Earned Value Management metrics when required.
• Mentor junior technical staff and support proposals and Engineering Change Proposal efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or a technical discipline.
• At least 12 years of experience managing technical projects for the U.S. Government.
• Experience managing programs involving electronics, software, and EO/IR sensors on space or ground systems.
• Hands-on expertise with active optical systems and experience with space EO payloads, test planning, astronomy, physics, electronics, software, or remote sensing.
• Active Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements and U.S. export-control regulations.

Nice to have

• Current SSBI clearance.
• Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo Systems Modeler.
• Familiarity with environmental testing of flight hardware, configuration management, and systems engineering documentation.
• Knowledge of astronomy, physics, imaging systems, or remote sensing.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or optics-related research and projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on space, defense, and intelligence missions involving spacecraft, payloads, and sensor systems.
• Collaborative environment with cross-disciplinary and customer-facing responsibilities.
• Work may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer use, and occasional exposure to noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided.