Engineering Program Manager — Special Projects

Full-time, hybrid role based in San Francisco (three days per week in-office).

About the role

The Engineering Program Manager (EPM) for Special Projects will be a fearless organizer and an excellent cross-functional leader. Working directly with the security, engineering, and cross-functional space program teams, you will drive project management efforts specifically focused on space security initiatives. In this tactical, “in-the-weeds” role, you will help establish programmatic strategy, coordinate schedules, and ruthlessly eliminate roadblocks to ensure our constellations remain secure, robust, and compliant. This role demands a solid baseline of technical strength. Some domain experience in cybersecurity or space security is required, along with a healthy technical aptitude to credibly navigate engineering design discussions, facilitate high-stakes technical tradeoffs, and represent the security team as a critical programmatic stakeholder across multiple concurrent satellite missions.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project management workflows specifically for Satellite Security, translating security milestones into actionable engineering sprints.
• Partner shoulder-to-shoulder with the SatSec Manager to architect, baseline, and meticulously maintain the overall SatSec programmatic schedule and critical project milestones.
• Attend multidisciplinary engineering and program meetings to actively track space security requirements, managing dependencies and representing the security team as a core stakeholder during project planning and architectural tradeoffs.
• Manage tactical logistics for the team as needed, including processing purchase orders (POs), tracking equipment ordering, and managing vendor deliverables.
• Actively manage program risks, identify structural dependencies, and support development on new satellite programs and products.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience in engineering program management or technical project management within a dynamic hardware, software, or aerospace environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• A solid technical baseline with a “roll-up-your-sleeves” mentality, enabling you to engage deeply with complex systems and translate technical engineering constraints into high-level programmatic impacts.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to stay highly organized, manage schedule health, and drive consensus across diverse, high-stakes environments.

Skills

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience managing spacecraft hardware and software build and release cycles.
• Deep technical fluency in at least one spacecraft specialization (e.g., operations, avionics, software) allowing you to engage credibly with engineers on complex trade-offs.
• Familiarity with space security, hardware security, or aerospace cryptography architectures.
• A track record of successfully delivering complex hardware products through the entire development lifecycle against all odds.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home office reimbursement
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering paid time off

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is $162,600 – $203,200 USD. This role may also be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job-related experience, skills, and location.

This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.