GITAI

GITAI

Technical Program Manager, Mission Integration

Los Angeles, California, United States · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$125k-$165kDetected 1 day ago
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Lottery odds (Level III)83
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About the role

  • Space is no longer defined only by the cost of launch.
  • Satellites, space stations, lunar infrastructure, and defense systems are becoming more capable and more ambitious.
  • But getting hardware to space is only the first step.

Responsibilities

  • Relocation Support: Financial a
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Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, science, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience managing technically complex or regulated programs.
  • At least one year of full-time experience in a fast-moving startup or small company where roles, priorities, and processes changed frequently.
  • Experience serving as the primary point of contact for a complex program and managing external deliverables, approvals, contractual commitments, schedules, risks, and decisions.
  • The ability to quickly understand technical documentation, identify missing information, ask the right questions, and work effectively with engineers and other subject-matter experts.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical, contractual, and regulatory issues clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Experience with spacecraft missions, launch campaigns, payload integration, launch service providers, launch aggregators, or rideshare missions.
  • Familiarity with Payload User's Guides, launch vehicle capabilities, orbital parameters, commercial launch pricing, test requirements, or interface-control requirements.
  • Experience with FCC, NOAA, spectrum, RF communications, export controls, or other space-related regulatory processes.
  • Experience working with the U.S. Space Force, Missile Defense Agency, or another Department of Defense organization.

Compensation

  • The annual base salary range for this position is $125,000 to $165,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, demonstrated program-management capability, government and regulatory experience, and other job-related factors.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees, with 90% coverage for dependents, plus life insurance
  • Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a company match
  • Equity Opportunities: Stock options in a rapidly growing startup, giving you a stake in our success
  • This position is also eligible for stock options and company benefits.

Company info

  • GITAI is a space robotics company working to reduce the cost of work in space by 100x.
  • Space is no longer defined only by the cost of launch. Satellites, space stations, lunar infrastructure, and defense systems are becoming more capable and more ambitious. But getting hardware to space is only the first step. The harder problem is doing useful work once it is there.
  • GITAI develops robotic systems for orbital, lunar, and defense applications. Our robots are designed for tasks such as assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical. To move fast and drive cost down, we keep hardware, software, testing, and integration close together. This allows our team to learn from real tests, shorten development cycles, and reduce dependency on slow external handoffs.
  • We are still early. The systems, the company, and the market are all being built at the same time. The work is difficult, and many answers are still not written down. If the work pulls you in, and you want to move it forward with your own hands, GITAI is the right place for you.
  • The harder problem is doing useful work once it is there.
  • GITAI develops robotic systems for orbital, lunar, and defense applications.
  • Our robots are designed for tasks such as assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical.
  • To move fast and drive cost down, we keep hardware, software, testing, and integration close together.
  • This allows our team to learn from real tests, shorten development cycles, and reduce dependency on slow external handoffs.
  • We are still early.
  • The systems, the company, and the market are all being built at the same time.
  • The work is difficult, and many answers are still not written down.
  • If the work pulls you in, and you want to move it forward with your own hands, GITAI is the right place for you.
  • Your Mission
  • Enable GITAI's engineering teams to stay focused on engineering by owning the program coordination and external dependencies around them.
  • The Technical Program Manager is a hands-on individual contributor role supporting GITAI's Space-Based Interceptor program and related U.S. government missile defense initiatives.
  • You will report to the VP of Program Management and help the program deliver against a series of contractual, technical, regulatory, integration, and launch milestones.
  • This role has no direct reports.
  • This is not a product management, technical authority, or people-management role.
  • It is closer to a Mission Manager role in aerospace, focused on coordinating the work around Engineering and keeping the mission on track.
  • Engineering leaders will own the technical direction and execution.
  • You will own flight opportunity assessment, launch campaign coordination, mission integration, external deliverables, regulatory and government approval tracking, contract support, and stakeholder coordination.
  • You will work across launch service providers, launch aggregators, other payload organizations sharing the launch, U.S. government customers, regulatory authorities, subcontractors, and internal teams.
  • Success requires more than maintaining smooth relationships.
  • You must be able to negotiate, challenge assumptions, push back on unrealistic requirements or commitments, and hold stakeholders accountable when mission execution is at risk.
  • At its core, this role is about maximizing the output of the engineering team.
  • You will turn complex external dependencies into clear actions, create the structure and momentum needed to keep the program moving, and enable the team to deliver each milestone with rigor and precision.

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