Technical Program Manager (CS-72)
Capella Space, United States
Job Description
About Capella
Capella is at the forefront of making vital information about our world accessible in a timely manner. We’re leveraging proven technologies and building new capabilities to create a constellation of SAR satellites that can collect information about any spot on the planet within an hour.
At Capella you’ll work in a collaborative team environment, alongside smart people with a history of space mission success. No prior space experience is neededwe’re looking for people excited about tackling seemingly impossible challenges, learning new skills and concepts, and helping each other achieve success.
Our mission and our products are meant to understand the whole world and help everyone in it, regardless of race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.
We value diversity at Capella and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this position but are not sure if you are the perfect fit, please apply!
About the Space Systems Ramp;D Team
The Space Systems Ramp;D Team is a multidisciplinary team within the Engineering department. We keep our eye out for the state-of-the-art technologies and bring them to the space vehicle to implement the product road map. Members of the team work across the organization to collaborate on requirements and implementation approaches to deliver innovative new systems.
About the Role/ Job Description
The Space Systems Ramp;D Team is ramping up many exciting projects and are looking for an additional team member to help plan and execute successfully. Ongoing efforts span from component level upgrades to total spacecraft design iterations. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated, collaborative, and supportive team to achieve novel on-orbit capabilities. This roll will directly contribute to large scale and high impact efforts within the company. You will help drive Capella’s ability to launch cutting edge technologies to space.
Requirements
- Preference for self-driven and fast paced work environment
- Experience leading projects/programs for spacecraft or spacecraft subsystems
- Multidisciplinary: Ability to work across all engineering disciplines
- Ability to communicate program status, priority, risks, direction, etc both laterally and to company leadership
- Experience working with technical leads to develop project plans, scope work, drive design progression and implementation: procure, build, develop, test and launch!
- Ability to bring together diverse program stakeholders outside of the Spacecraft Ramp;D org such as Space Operations, Radar Systems, Data Processing, Data Science and Customer insights.
- Execution is your middle name, for timelines from short term to multiyear horizons
- Ability to sort through ambiguity; this will not be purely a top down requirement flow like found in traditional aerospace. You will have an active roll in shaping and defining requirements to balance top down and bottoms up to find an optimal solution.
- Willingness to jump in and perform outside your typical duties to ensure program success
- Experience: 5+ years required, 10+years preferred
Preferred Requirements
- Experience with Jira a plus, but learnable. More important is experience working with highly agile teams and tracking open work items to a close
- Engineering/ technical education background preferred or similar work experience
Required Qualifications:
- This position requires special access to conduct the work and requires the selected candidate to be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.
Benefits
Besides the opportunity to take part in an innovative and fast-growing business with a highly motivated and skilled team, we also take pride in taking care of our employees. Here are just a few ways that we show our appreciation:
- 100% paid medical/dental/vision insurance for employees, 50% contribution toward dependents
- Gourmet-style, daily free lunch; weekly happy hour
- 401k plan
- Flexible vacation policy
- Commuter benefits including Caltrain passes and GoBike membership
- Dog-friendly work environment (SF Location)