Program Manager at Actalent Pasadena, CA

Program Manager – Actalent

Location:

Pasadena, CA

As a Program Manager, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating project tasks and engineering milestones to ensure deadlines are met within the agreed time frame and budget. You will manage project tasks for development projects, excluding the Build-to-Print and contract manufacturing side of the business, and lead technical scopes with software, firmware, and electrical engineers.

• Ensure all projects are delivered on-time, within scope, and budget while adhering to quality standards and procedures.
• Partner with engineers to discuss design and engineering choices for profitability and scheduled timelines.
• Manage communication between subcontractors, internal partners, and customers.
• Coordinate technical scope and lead project teams in a matrix leadership environment.

• 5+ years of experience in Project Management, Program Management, or Project Engineering for development and R&D projects.
• Experience leading projects or programs with a technical scope, specifically partnering with software, firmware, and electrical engineers.
• Direct experience managing budgets, schedules, timelines for deliverables, and customer communication.

• Preferred experience with government programs, particularly in space and defense.

The work environment is a small site with office space and assembly and lab areas, located in a modest office building within a small business park that houses Maxar Technologies. The company is a space avionics and sensor systems company with a customer base in commercial, space, and defense markets, founded in Pasadena, California in 2001. The work revolves around the success of missions, involving the development, manufacture, and testing of video systems integrated into satellites, rockets, and spacecraft, control systems for experiments and payloads, data management equipment, and sequencing systems for spacecraft telemetry.

The company has played a key role in all major space missions, including the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and NASA's Artemis program.

Pay Range: $50.00 - $70.00/hr.

Benefits (subject to eligibility and plan terms):

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Pasadena, CA.

This position is anticipated to close on May 21, 2025.

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccom