Sr. Technical Project Manager

Terran Orbital – Sr. Technical Project Manager (TPM)

Join a team where your impact reaches beyond the stars! At Terran Orbital, you’re not just part of the system – you’re a vital force propelling our mission forward. As trailblazers in satellite manufacturing and aerospace innovation, we shatter boundaries daily to deliver groundbreaking solutions that power our nation’s defense and commercial missions. We are a unique, fast‑growing, and trusted team dedicated to swiftly and efficiently designing, building, launching, and operating state‑of‑the‑art satellites for advanced mission constellations.

If you’re driven by purpose, inspired by challenges, and ready to leave your mark on the universe, you’ll find a home and endless opportunities for growth here. Together, let’s redefine what is possible in orbit and beyond!

• Lead cross‑functional and cross‑organizational teams within hardware, software, mechanical, mission operations, and other systems engineers to design, develop, and deliver optimal solutions to complex space domain missions.
• Lead cross‑functional and cross‑organizational teams throughout various parts of the lifecycle, bid to closure.
• Ensure exactness to the engineering process and develop appropriate execution schedules, budgets, and basis of estimates.
• Manage technical risk and opportunities and support cross‑functional and cross‑integrated product team issues.
• Lead cross‑functional integration and project management to ensure delivery of the technical solution on schedule.
• Work closely with program managers and functional leaders to develop optimal plans and resolve roadblocks to meet program and project goals.
• Collaborate with program management, product management, and functional leaders to implement and manage schedules, ensure knowledge capture management, and ensure proper configurations and change management.
• Perform as an individual contributor and surge support to ensure quality and efficient working throughout the product lifecycle.
• Participate and lead the technical discussions with customers and suppliers to ensure mission success.
• Lead and take responsibility for technical reviews to ensure appropriate milestone maturity meets internal and external expectations.
• Ensure maturity, feasibility, proper flow‑down and traceability, of requirements verification, and requirements validation.
• Manage mission, system, and vehicle level trade studies to balance risk, cost, and performance.
• Support assembly, integration, and test activities including build procedures, test plans and procedures, and other verification and validation execution activities.
• Ensure engineering artifacts that support requirements and architecture development; modeling and simulation; cybersecurity; network operations; interoperability; verification and validation testing; and enterprise deployment and capability monitoring.
• Establish standard operating procedures that support mission assurance, risk mitigation, and contingency plans to assure required mission “up‑time” for all ground activities.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define interfaces; integrate mission applications and data storage; and verify Terran Orbital enterprise capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technical management, or a related field is required.
• 10+ years or more of experience in engineering development.
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and managing detailed execution schedules and cost accounts.
• Experience with risk, issue, and opportunity management.
• Experience with bids and proposals including detailed basis of estimates (BOE).
• Technical leadership experience and success across multiple areas in the space domain.
• Demonstrated ability to make complex critical decisions in a timely manner.
• Experience leading day‑to‑day operations on complex programs or large functional organizations, with proven collaboration and coordination skills across internal and external stakeholder organizations.
• Understanding of how people, process, tools, systems, and leadership operate to achieve goals.
• Proven ability to deliver effective communication verbally,…