Sr. IPT Lead, Flight Software

LeoStella is a state-of-the-art small satellite design and manufacturing company based in the Seattle area. At LeoStella, we are redefining how high-quality satellite constellations are built at scale. Our focus is on developing and using intelligent and agile engineering and manufacturing processes to accelerate the development and production of small-sat constellations, all while lowering costs and increasing on-orbit capabilities.

The work we do at LeoStella is helping organizations and markets change the world by removing the barriers to building satellite constellations. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative, high performing team focused on changing the paradigm in satellite development and production!

Position Description:

LeoStella is looking for an experienced senior program manager with a strong background in flight software development and embedded systems, including planning software releases, development of new functional capabilities, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting during on-orbit operations. This senior program manager will act as the software product owner, leading and managing internal software product baselines and updates and ensuring deliveries of verified software for avionics, power, propulsion, communications, and varying payload subsystems. You will support specific software needs for our cross-program portfolio including development and production programs from vehicle proposals through serial production of spacecraft. The ideal candidate will thrive on leading teams of software and system engineers, technicians, and others, from pre-contract and specification to delivery of production satellites at scale.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the software product team to deliver internal development roadmaps and program-specific requirements to support LeoStella programs.

• Plan and coordinate across a multi-disciplinary team including software, systems, and hardware engineering, supply chain management, production, purchasing, and program managers responsible for the satellite development programs.

• Tackle challenges large and small to meet cost, schedule, and technical requirements.

• Interface with other product and program teams, customers, and suppliers to ensure program success.

• Work closely with engineering department functional managers to establish and maintain framework for successful on time delivery of necessary software releases and work products

• Manage evolving and ambiguous needs and triage change as product advocate. 

• Create software release roadmaps that tie into program schedules and guide internal cross-program team from kick off to production delivery and mission operations, as needed.

• Support the customer deliverables such as specification compliance, test plans, verification reports, schedule, program reviews, and design reviews.

• Establish baseline plans, monitor performance and track progress against those plans, including schedule and budget, remove constraints, and identify risk mitigation plans to maintain internal release and program schedules and cost.

• Manage customer and partner company communications in compliance with export control.

• Work with Software Managers to develop and maintain a staffing plan/forecast consistent with program budgets and schedules and ensure program is staffed to plan.

• Use and maintain company tools for task management, schedule maintenance, ERP planning - example JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Project.

• Lead and maintain program quality assurance plan, metrics, and root cause corrective action.

• Create, own, and maintain executive program dashboards using program office methodology and templates.

• Identify opportunities for process improvement across across multiple programs.

  Required Skills:

• Ability to work self-directed, seeking out issues; small and large problems alike - rather than being told where to look. Then work tenaciously to solve them.

• Demonstrated program leadership skills with an emphasis on software in aero or space products.

• Strong ability to breakdown software baseline updates and customer specifications into manageable release roadmap using agile scrum methodologies and work with teams of engineers in an agile scrum process.

  Qualifications:

• BS in a relevant technical field – advanced degree preferred.

• 10+ years of engineering design and development experience in a related aerospace industry

• 5+ years’ experience in IPT management of life-cycle resulting in hardware shipments with embedded systems and flight software

• Must be a U.S. Person 

• Up to 25% travel to customer and/or suppliers

  Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation range is $120-170K + 10% target bonus

• Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case by case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

• Base salary is one part of your total rewards package - you may also be eligible for up to 10+% potential bonuses. Additional employee benefits are detailed below as well.

• Employee Benefits include:

• Employer-paid Medical, Dental, Vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability.

• 401(k) -matching 50% of contributions, up to 6% of your base salary

• Supplemental Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off and Flexible Schedule: You may accrue 4 weeks paid time off per year, in addition to 8 company holidays.  You may also have the choice to take Flexible Friday off every other week.

   

  Export Control Requirement: 

  Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, all candidates must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or National U.S. Permanent Resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.W. as a refugee or granted asylum) or be approved for any required export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. 

  We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. EEO is the Law Poster (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf) .   

  LeoStella participates in E-Verify. See Link (https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf)  for details.  See also Right to Work Statement in  English and Spanish (https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf) .  

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