Project Manager – Advanced Programs (Aerospace)

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or remote within the United States. Applicants must be a U.S. Person—a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual—and must be eligible to obtain required export authorizations under ITAR and EAR.

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 base salary annually, depending on experience, skills, and location.

Company

hirify.global develops mission-critical space, defense, and national security technologies, including lunar systems and spacecraft.

What you will do

• Develop program budgets and schedules for lunar landers, rovers, surface power systems, and spacecraft.
• Manage early technology development projects and paid architecture studies across budget, schedule, deliverables, and customer interfaces.
• Build bottom-up estimates covering bills of materials, cash flow models, labor, resources, and risks.
• Support proposal content and external customer presentations for NASA, government, and commercial mission opportunities.
• Coordinate with engineering disciplines, partners, customers, vendors, and supply chain organizations to resolve technical risks.
• Ensure project plans align with mission needs, business requirements, and the company technology roadmap.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline, plus 5–10 years of relevant engineering experience; an advanced degree may substitute for equivalent experience.
• Experience in project or program management, project finance, and program planning.
• Experience developing proposal and customer-presentation content and authoring and decomposing financial and contractual volumes.
• Strong understanding of launch, space, and lunar environments.
• Strong organizational, multitasking, problem-solving, communication, and self-direction skills.
• U.S. Person status and eligibility for required export authorizations are mandatory.

Nice to have

• Experience with the full development lifecycle of complex aerospace systems.
• Experience with large NASA or other U.S. Government proposals and contracts.
• Knowledge of NASA and industry engineering standards.
• Agile experience with tools such as Confluence and Jira.
• Eligibility to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off supporting work-life balance.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Wellness programs, voluntary benefits, and employee support resources.
• Mission-driven work with a technically focused aerospace team.