Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.
Innovation lies at the core of our organization's mission. We are seeking talented individuals eager to contribute to an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in space and ground-based systems. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to engage in continual learning and skills development while being part of a team whose work positively impacts the lives of millions worldwide. We foster an environment that values creativity, diligence, and the collective pursuit of technical excellence.
The Sr. TPM is responsible for leading a team of harness engineers and mechanical engineers to ensure satellite systems are developed and deployed on-time and meet or exceed all requirements. This role includes direct responsibility for cross-functional leadership of harness engineering, procurement, delivery, and integration. This is a technical role requiring experience with integrated hardware and interconnect systems. You will have significant influence over the design and the test approach we take to develop the system.
Key job responsibilities
• Perform Technical Program Management of harness engineering, manufacturing, delivery, test, quality and integration. This requires concept to production ownership of all harnesses.
• Perform Technical Program Management of mechanisms and mechanical integration.
• Collaborate with engineering and supply chain to create project execution plans with detailed dependencies.
• Develop and manage technical requirements and interfaces that tie to system level requirements.
• In collaboration with the engineering and supply chain teams, take ownership of periodic business reviews for the harness and mechanisms domain.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
• Work with product/program management leads to ensure that the systems development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering project execution, make technical trade-off recommendations, understand the technical challenges, enable solutions, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
• Adhere to Program Management practices for the team including risk management, requirements management, verification and validation.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of hardware, software, system integration and test development of complex systems across the full product life cycle – concept to production.
- 4+ years of experience in a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program management role with significant experience integrating HW into a complex system.
- 4+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule.
- Proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tools such as MS Project, SmartSheet or alternative.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, Worldwide,