Technical Program Manager, Optical Payload Software – TeraWave (Aerospace)

Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, refugees, or individuals granted asylum.

Base pay for Washington applicants: $145,188–$203,263.20 annually. Other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems and is developing TeraWave, a multi-orbit satellite communications network using optically interconnected satellites.

What you will do

• Own planning, scheduling, execution, budgets, resources, and forecasting for optical payload software development.
• Maintain integrated master schedules, identify critical paths, and manage dependencies across software, hardware, and systems teams.
• Lead program reviews, milestone tracking, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and executive-level status reporting.
• Integrate software, optical, mechanical, and electrical disciplines while driving architecture trades, design decisions, and requirements decomposition.
• Coordinate software integration with hardware and systems teams and ensure terminal performance and manufacturing test requirements are met.
• Align stakeholders across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, test, operations, leadership, and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, optical engineering, physics, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in software or hardware development programs and 3+ years in TPM, program management, or systems engineering leadership.
• Experience managing complex software development programs through the full lifecycle, from concept through production.
• Working knowledge of optical systems, including free-space optics, fiber optics, photonics, or similar technologies, and manufacturing test requirements.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools such as MS Project or Smartsheet.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with laser communication terminals, lidar, or electro-optical systems.
• Space, aerospace, or defense software and hardware development experience.
• PMP certification or equivalent.
• Experience with agile or hybrid development methodologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5% and an Education Support Program.
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Up to four weeks of paid time off annually and up to 14 company-paid holidays.