Senior Technical Program Manager, Customer Terminal and RF Ground Stations

About the role

Blue Origin is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to support the development of a satellite customer terminal and RF ground station infrastructure for our revolutionary TeraWave satellite communications network.

Responsibilities

• Own program execution for customer terminal development efforts across multiple engineering teams.
• Build integrated schedules, milestone plans, dependency maps, and risk registers for hardware, firmware, RF, test, compliance, and manufacturing workstreams.
• Drive weekly program reviews, action tracking, and executive reporting with clear status, blockers, decisions, and next steps.
• Career development of manufacturing readiness, validation plans, and factory ramp activities for customer terminals and RF ground stations.
• Work with contract manufacturers and external vendors to manage build schedules, deliverables, and quality outcomes.
• Ensure test, deployment, and field-readiness plans are defined for both terminal and ground station systems.
• Track cost, schedule, performance, and yield metrics; highlight deviations and drive corrective action.
• Communicate clearly and frequently with leadership, ensuring alignment on priorities and tradeoffs.
• Create repeatable program processes that improve velocity, accountability, and predictability across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or software engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of technical program management or related leadership experience in complex hardware, embedded systems, telecom, aerospace, or network infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional programs from development through production and deployment.
• Strong understanding of hardware development, embedded software, RF systems, manufacturing, and system integration.
• Experience managing programs with contract manufacturers, external suppliers, and technical partners.
• Ability to operate in ambiguous environments, structure problems, and create execution clarity.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience using metrics to drive decisions and solve problems.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.
• Prior experience in program management in high-ownership, high-bar cultures.
• Success measures: Programs stay on track against schedule, cost, and performance goals. Risks are surfaced early and resolved with clear owners and deadlines. Engineering and manufacturing teams have strong coordination and minimal surprises. Leadership receives concise, accurate reporting and decision support. Development milestones translate cleanly into validation, production readiness, and deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in electrical, mechanical or software engineering, or related field.
• Background in hardware development supply chain management.
• Familiarity with regulatory, test, and certification processes for RF products.
• Experience with production ramp, factory readiness, and yield improvement.
• Prior experience in program management in high-ownership, high-bar cultures.
• Success in creating repeatable program processes that improve velocity, accountability, and predictability across teams.