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E-Space
Senior Project Manager (Bus Systems)
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Important information
Contract type:
Permanent
Salary:
$140,000 – $210,000 / year
Location:
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Work mode:
Onsite
Published on:
7 August 2026
What they need
- We are looking for a program manager who can organize and operate technically across those 3 teams
- You will drive the bus system development program from early design through qualification and delivery
- Own the integrated program schedule across RF, mechanical, and manufacturing workstreams, and keep it honest against reality on the floor
- Plan and run the gated lifecycle: SRR, PDR, CDR, qualification and acceptance reviews, with real entry/exit criteria, action tracking, and closure
- Maintain the risk register and drive mitigations to closure rather than letting them age
- Coordinate suppliers, contract manufacturers, and machine shops: quotes, lead times, quality escapes, and schedule recovery when a part slips
- Interface with systems engineering on requirements flow-down, verification planning, and interface control, so the program plan and the technical baseline stay in step
- Keep design, build, and test cycles short: unblock the team, sequence the work, and make sure prototypes and test articles show up when the engineers need them
- You will work daily with RF, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers. You need enough technical depth to challenge an estimate, spot a risk before it appears in a status report, and make sensible trades without waiting for an engineer to translate
- You do not need to design the hardware, but you need to understand what the designers are telling you and notice when two disciplines are quietly assuming different things- Working knowledge of systems engineering practice: requirements flow-down, verification and validation planning, interface management
- 8+ years managing hardware development programs in aerospace or a comparable regulated industry
- Hands-on familiarity with RF and electronic systems: PCB development cycles, board bring-up, RF test campaigns and what makes them slip
- A track record running gated program lifecycles with formal reviews, and the judgment to know when a gate is genuinely passed versus passed on paper
- Clear, direct communication up and down: engineers get context, leadership gets truth
- Comfort in a fast prototyping environment where the plan changes weekly and the program manager is the one keeping it coherent
- Hands-on familiarity with mechanical development: machining, tolerancing, prototyping workflows, and the practical lead times behind each
- Spacecraft or satellite payload experience, especially through a qualification campaign
- Familiarity with phased arrays or antenna hardware specifically
- Experience managing contract manufacturers and international suppliers
- Exposure to constellation-scale production thinking (design for rate, not just design for one)
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