Senior Project Manager – SDR Development

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Argotec is an international aerospace company specializing in the production of small satellite platforms (from 6U Cubesats up to 250 kg platforms) and innovative products to improve the comfort of space explorers. Thanks to its facilities and know‑how, the company's activities follow the “all in house” concept, which includes design, development, integration, qualification and operational services.

Argotec works with leading international space agencies (e.g. NASA, ESA) and private companies, with an increasing focus on commercial partnerships. In particular, our satellites have been selected for flagship missions such as NASA Artemis‑1 and NASA DART. The company is advancing several major missions, such as a 40‑satellite Earth observation constellation for integration into the Italian IRIDE program, as well as scientific missions such as LUMIO and HENON, and many other cutting‑edge space projects.

This posting is for the U.S. facility located in the Los Angeles Region, California
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To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

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.

Specific duties include (but are not limited to):

• 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…