Principal Technical Program Manager - TeraWave Ground Infrastructure (Networking)

Location: Based in Seattle, WA, or Cupertino, CA; applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylees.

Base pay: $197,849.00–$276,987.90 annually for California and Washington applicants; other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems and is building TeraWave, a satellite communications network for enterprise, data center, and government users.

What you will do

• Manage the deployment strategy for the TeraWave global IP/MPLS backbone across gateway locations, core PoPs, and SatOps facilities.
• Develop global transit partnerships, including tier-1 IP transit, dark fiber leases, and high-capacity transport circuits.
• Scale PoP deployments in Internet Exchange Points and carrier-neutral data centers, including peering, rack elevations, power, thermal management, cabling, and ToR switch integration.
• Lead site selection, real estate acquisition, facility engineering, physical build-out, colocation agreements, vendors, and global hardware procurement.
• Drive telecommunications licensing, country-specific regulatory compliance, and cross-border legal approvals.
• Own the integrated network software roadmap and delivery plan while coordinating software, hardware, systems engineering, integration, and operations teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• 10 or more years of technical program management or equivalent program leadership experience with software engineering organizations.
• Experience leading complex, multi-team software programs from planning through integration, release, and operational deployment.
• Experience managing integrated roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical paths.
• Experience coordinating software delivery with hardware, silicon, embedded systems, or other tightly coupled engineering organizations.
• Eligibility to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• Experience with networking, telecommunications, aerospace, embedded systems, or large-scale distributed-system programs.
• Experience spanning cloud software, embedded software, networking hardware, and operational infrastructure.
• Familiarity with routing, switching, wireless systems, Software-Defined Networking, or network management and orchestration.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for planning, dependency management, and organizational reporting.
• Experience in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements and aggressive delivery timelines.
• Ability to influence technical teams, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, and an Education Support Program.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5% and stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Additional bonuses and benefits may depend on role type and job level and are not guaranteed.