Description
As a Senior Technical Project Manager at Astranis, you will play a critical role in driving the propulsion, mechanical and thermal engineering development across all of our programs. You will guide projects from initiation to closure, ensuring they meet objectives, stay on schedule, and remain within budget. This involves significant cross-functional collaboration and adapting to challenges throughout the project lifecycle.
Key responsibilities include:
- Proactively identifying and solving cross-discipline challenges
- Developing integrated schedules with measurable milestones for Mechanical, Propulsion and Thermal subsystems
- Tracking and documenting project progress
- Serving as a liaison between the development engineering team and other project stakeholders, such as supply chain, software and operations
- Driving risk and opportunity implementation and organization
- Identifying and implementing strategies to ensure projects are completed on schedule
- Working closely within the Program Management team to ensure PM best practices and processes are implemented across Astranis
Requirements include:
- BS in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical Engineering
- More than 3 years in a project management role
- More than 3 years in an engineering role
- Strong communication skills
- Highly detail-oriented
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment, overcome obstacles with creative solutions, and clearly document/communicate tactical plans
Bonus: Familiarity with Jira and Smartsheets
What we offer:
All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is just one component of Astranis's total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.