Senior Project Manager – SDR Development

As a Senior Project Manager in our California team, reporting to the US VP of Strategy and Product Development, you will be responsible for managing the program execution for the delivery of spaceflight telecom hardware including software‑defined radios (SDRs) to internal and external customers. You will manage a multidisciplinary engineering team, ensuring alignment to technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives throughout the full project lifecycle.

You will work closely with systems, RF, hardware, FPGA, software, manufacturing, and quality teams to coordinate development activities, track progress, and ensure successful delivery of flight and test hardware. This position typically manages 1–2 concurrent flight hardware development programs, depending on scope and complexity. This role requires regular on‑site engagement and the availability to travel up to 25% to customer sites, suppliers, and internal or external test facilities, as required to support program execution, reviews, testing and delivery milestones.

• Develop, maintain, and execute integrated program schedules, including critical path analysis, milestone definition, and alignment to key program reviews (e.g., SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR)
• Manage program execution in accordance with contractual requirements, ensuring alignment of technical scope, schedule, cost, and deliverables
• Coordinate with internal contracting/legal teams (including HQ in Italy) and interface with customers, subcontractors, and vendors on contractual matters, including SOW interpretation, deliverables (SDRL/DRDs), and change requests
• Own project cost, schedule, and technical performance, including baseline management and approval of changes within delegated authority
• Serve as the primary customer interface for program execution, including status reporting, issue resolution, milestone coordination, and engagement with domestic and international customers (e.g., NASA, JPL, ESA, JAXA)
• Support proposal, contract modification, and change management activities, including evaluation of technical, schedule, and cost impacts and coordination of implementation across stakeholders
• Develop and maintain WBS‑aligned integrated schedules with clear dependencies, critical path tracking, and alignment across internal teams and suppliers
• Coordinate cross‑functional engineering activities across SDR development, including RF, FPGA, embedded software, and hardware integration, ensuring alignment to system requirements and delivery objectives
• Operate in a development environment that blends commercial rapid iteration (short development cycles, iterative build‑test) with aerospace‑grade rigor (formal reviews, documentation, configuration control, and qualification)
• Identify, track, and mitigate technical, schedule, and programmatic risks in coordination with engineering and leadership
• Manage customer deliverables, including hardware, firmware/software releases, and documentation packages, ensuring compliance with contractual and mission requirements
• Coordinate and support formal program reviews and customer interactions, including preparation of review materials, action item tracking, and closure
• Ensure compliance with configuration management, documentation control, and quality processes consistent with aerospace and high‑reliability hardware development
• Coordinate with manufacturing, integration, and test (AIT) teams to support hardware builds, environmental testing (e.g., TVAC, vibration, EMI/EMC), and delivery readiness
• Execute responsibilities independently while maintaining alignment with technical leadership, organizational priorities, and customer commitments
• Escalate technical, schedule, and resource issues to leadership proactively and manage recovery…