Technical Program Manager (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Technical Program Manager (Aerospace): Define, mature, and negotiate mission concepts for high-power satellite platforms with an accent on payload integration studies, system architecture trades, and concept of operations development. Focus on leading technical customer engagements, coordinating cross-functional engineering teams, and aligning customer requirements with spacecraft capabilities.

Location: Los Angeles, CA. Must be a U.S. Person per ITAR regulations

Salary: $125,000 - $250,000 + equity

Company

Building the largest and highest-power satellites for LEO to deep space missions, backed by $450M from top investors with $500M in contracts.

What you will do

• Define, mature, and negotiate mission concepts, supporting payload integration, mission analysis, and system architecture trades.
• Develop technical documentation for system architecture, payload interfaces, spacecraft capabilities, and concepts of operations.
• Serve as primary technical interface for customer engagement, leading discussions, TEMs, and study reviews.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts with engineering teams in vehicle, avionics, software, propulsion, thermal, and AI&T.
• Represent hirify.global in technical negotiations and ensure alignment between customer needs and company capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering; 5+ years in aerospace/space industry working with spacecraft or space systems
• Direct experience designing, developing, integrating, or testing spacecraft/space systems
• Strong understanding of spacecraft subsystems, space system architectures, mission modeling, and simulation
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 25%; U.S. Person status required per ITAR/export controls

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or above in engineering
• 10+ years in aerospace working with spacecraft, launch vehicles, or payloads
• Experience with National Security customers and systems
• Satellite constellation modeling, payload performance analysis (EO, RF, IR, comms, PNT)
• Deep knowledge of national security ground systems and architectures

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits: paid time off, medical/dental/vision, life insurance, paid parental leave
• Equity in the company
• Fast-paced Series C startup environment focused on groundbreaking space tech
• Encourages non-traditional career paths and motivated individuals