Senior Technical Program Manager II - Space Sensing & Domain Awareness (TS/SCI) (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based at hirify.global's headquarters and intended for candidates seeking to work in U.S. offices.

Base pay: $134,000–$201,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, payloads, and critical space subsystems for commercial, civil, and national-security missions.

What you will do

• Lead EO/IR sensing payload and optical-system programs from concept through qualification, scalable production, and flight.
• Own the technical roadmap and make-or-buy decisions for space-sensing capabilities.
• Run multiple programs, make architectural decisions with Chief Engineers, and resolve trade-offs involving pointing stability, jitter, sensitivity, and revisit.
• Coordinate optics, electronics, software, data-chain, supplier, and subcontractor activities while managing schedule, margin, and risk.
• Build and develop program and technical leadership capabilities across the organization.
• Represent assigned U.S. Government tracking, warning, and surveillance customers and support proposals with Business Development and Strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, science, or another technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of program-management experience and demonstrated ownership of technical programs, products, or teams from start to finish.
• Experience moving hardware and software from prototype toward scalable, flight-ready production.
• Understanding of EO/IR sensing, optical payloads, or focal-plane arrays.
• Experience identifying and mitigating technical, schedule, and supply-chain risks.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required; U.S. office employees must meet applicable ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements and have the right to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience transitioning low-volume prototypes into reliable scalable production.
• National Security Space or large sensing and tracking constellation experience.
• Experience capturing, negotiating, and executing large U.S. Government contracts.
• Master’s degree in engineering, optics, or a related field.
• Experience with systems engineering, trade studies, interface control, requirements integrity, Jira, Confluence, and ERP.

Culture & Benefits

• Stock included in total compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% company-stock discount.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA, flexible spending, and dependent-care benefits.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Onsite fitness centers where available, subsidized EV charging, gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Work includes computer and production-area activities with occasional exposure to noise, dust, and fumes.