Principal Technical Program Manager, Payload SW

About the role

The Leo team is looking for a Principal Technical Program Manager with strong experience in wireless communications/networking and embedded software, project management, and program management. The role will interface with cross-functional engineering and program/product management teams with primary focus on delivering top quality Satellite and ground Payload and Data Plane software.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project plans for Satellite Payload software development across the entire software stack including data, management plane
• Work with product/program management to ensure that development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-offs, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware, software, firmware teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked
• Aggregate and convert technical specifications for Leo's Satellite Payload and Data Plane software systems
• Establish mechanisms to manage scrums, tasks, budgets, dashboards, schedule and overall delivery for the Satellite Payload and Data Plane software
• Map HW / SW co-dependencies and track accuracy of plans and technical developments for all major milestones
• Work closely across the org on new HW bring up

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 10+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
• 7+ years of software development experience
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Pay

Base salary range: $177,000.00 - $239,400.00 USD annually