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Astranis

Senior Technical Project Manager - Payload Engineering

Astranis
onsite senior full-time $150,000-$210,000 San Francisco
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First indexed 24 Apr 2026

Description

Job Title

Senior Technical Project Manager - Payload Engineering

Role Description

As a Senior Technical Project Manager at Astranis, you will play a critical role in driving the RF and communications 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.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify and solve cross-discipline challenges
  • Develop integrated schedules with measurable milestones for all payload units and subsystems
  • Track and document project progress
  • Serve as a liaison between the development engineering team and other project stakeholders, such as supply chain, software and operations
  • Drive risk and opportunity implementation and organization
  • Identify and implement strategies to ensure projects are completed on schedule

Requirements

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering or similar
  • >3 years in a project management role
  • >3 years in an engineering role
  • Strong communication skills
  • Highly detail oriented
  • Engineering experience in circuit design, electromagnetics and signal processing
  • 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.

Salary

Base Salary $150,000-$210,000 USD

Citizenship Requirement

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required (To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

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