This role combines direct execution with team leadership. You will personally lead high-impact initiatives while building the capabilities and standards of the team. We operate in a hybrid environment: commercial spacecraft development that demands speed and iteration, alongside US Government programs that require higher levels of rigor, traceability, and commitment discipline.

Role Responsibilities:

• Define and implement low-, medium-, and high-confidence scheduling frameworks and clearly establish when each is appropriate
• Improve schedule reliability without increasing unnecessary overhead
• Ensure commitments reflect technical, supply chain, and production realities
• Drive integrated master schedule maturity across all spacecraft and ground programs
• Establish simple, high-signal metrics that improve predictability and risk visibility

Commercial Speed & USG Rigor Balance:

• Right-size planning and baseline standards across commercial and US Government programs
• Ensure auditability and traceability where contractually required
• Maintain agility in fast-moving development efforts while strengthening discipline for externally committed programs
• Partner with Finance and Sales to align schedule realism with cost and contractual obligations

Roadmap & Portfolio Integration:

• Integrate technology roadmap, production ramp plans, and mission timelines into executable schedules
• Ensure roadmap shifts are systematically reflected in program baselines
• Enable scenario planning and cross-program trade studies
• Translate long-term strategy into clear near-term execution plans

Team Leadership & Capability Building:

• Lead and develop a small team across configuration management and program operations
• Personally drive critical cross-functional initiatives alongside the team
• Establish clear execution standards and accountability
• Serve as an integration point across Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and Finance

Operational Scaling:

• Identify bottlenecks and sources of rework across programs and implement targeted, practical solutions
• Strengthen integration between configuration, cost, and schedule systems
• Introduce structure only where it reduces execution risk or improves delivery speed
• Support the transition from development-focused programs to higher-rate production

Requirements:

• 8–12+ years of experience in aerospace, defense, space, automotive, or other complex hardware environments
• Engineering background (systems, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or similar)
• Deep experience building and managing integrated master schedules in technically complex programs
• Demonstrated ability to introduce structure in fast-paced, high-performance environments without creating unnecessary overhead
• Experience supporting commercial and/or US Government programs
• Strong understanding of configuration management and lifecycle integration
• Experience leading small, high-performing teams
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and bringing clarity to complex, cross-functional challenges
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate tradeoffs, risk, and execution strategy clearly

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

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