Space Kinetic Corp.

Space Kinetic Corp.

Technical Program Director

El Segundo, California · Director

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$210kDetected 15 hours ago
Project ManagementSupply ChainProcurementSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignAerospace EngineeringHardware DesignLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional 40-hour work week.
  • The Technical Program Director is responsible for leading and coordinating technical projects involving aerospace hardware development, engineering execution, manufacturing readiness, and program deliverables.
  • The annual base salary for this role is below.

Responsibilities

  • This role combines technical coordination, project execution discipline, and aerospace program support to help ensure engineering development efforts move efficiently from concept through production readiness.
  • This position requires engineering understanding sufficient to communicate effectively with technical teams, manage schedules, identify risks, and ensure projects remain aligned with customer requirements, internal milestones, and business objectives.
  • Lead planning, coordination, and execution of aerospace engineering and hardware development projects
  • Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, action trackers, and program status reporting
  • Support technical reviews, design reviews, production readiness discussions, and milestone planning
  • Support customer-facing updates, program documentation, and status communications as needed
  • Help manage contract deliverables and internal execution against awarded program requirements
  • Support disciplined configuration management processes for hardware and software to maintain revision control, traceability, and alignment across program activities
  • Support integration activities across hardware and software elements, maintaining visibility into dependencies that affect system performance and program milestones
  • Demonstrate understanding of how software integrates within broader system architecture and support coordination between software and hardware development efforts

Requirements

  • Domestic travel may be required (up to ~20% of the year).

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field preferred
  • 5+ years of project management experience supporting engineering, aerospace, manufacturing, or hardware development programs
  • Aerospace industry experience required
  • Strong understanding of engineering development processes, technical schedules, and hardware program execution
  • Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary engineering teams, including mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and software functions
  • Experience managing schedules, technical action tracking, and cross-functional program execution
  • Familiarity with hardware development lifecycle, integration activities, and test planning
  • Understanding of disciplined configuration management principles for hardware and software environments

Compensation

  • $170,000 - $210,000 USD
  • The annual base salary for this role is below.

Benefits

  • Equity-Based Compensation
  • Highly Competitive PTO and Holiday Calendar
  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • Unique Performance-Based Bonus Structure

Company info

  • Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations - one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel. In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo, we are focused on creating something entirely different - an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on. Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures - where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a 'one-to-many' system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.
  • This is not a role for someone looking for a traditional 40-hour work week. Space Kinetic is building ambitious, first-of-its-kind technology, and that requires urgency, ownership, and a high level of commitment to changing the foundational assumptions for everything we do in space.
  • Space Kinetic is a dual use space technology startup building a completely new architecture for space operations - one that brings the advantages of proliferated drone technology (low-cost, operationally flexible, attainable, distributed) to space missions while reducing the ecosystem's reliance on consumable fuel.
  • In a world where many companies are focused on incrementally improving the status quo, we are focused on creating something entirely different - an architecture underpinned by new first principles to meet the opportunities and challenges of the third space age head-on.
  • Our goal is to move away from one-to-one space architectures - where each satellite in a constellation has one (or a small # of) primary payloads attached to the bus -- and unlock a 'one-to-many' system, where each satellite has a large number of payloads which can be deployed from their host spacecraft at high velocities without firing a thruster.
  • Space Kinetic is building ambitious, first-of-its-kind technology, and that requires urgency, ownership, and a high level of commitment to changing the foundational assumptions for everything we do in space.
  • We are seeking a Technical Program Director to support technical program execution, coordinate cross-functional engineering activities, and help drive aerospace development programs from planning through execution.
  • The Project Director serves as a central point of coordination between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, leadership, and external stakeholders.

Equal opportunity

  • Space Kinetic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
  • Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.
  • Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education/experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.

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