Sr SATCOM Program Manager 13565

Sr SATCOM Program Manager Responsibilities

• Takes a leadership program management role and owns the successful delivery of products and capabilities to partners and customers.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders to create project plans (concept development to mass production) for antenna and UT development.
• Work with product/program management to ensure that the antenna and UT development meets schedule, cost, and quality requirements.
• Drive engineering project execution, facilitate technical trade-offs, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware, software, teams on ensuring cross-functional deliverables are identified and tracked.
• Coordinate with vendors, distributors, and contract manufacturers to procure parts and track deliveries.
• Coordinate with internal engineering teams and external development partners on cross-functional collaboration and integration.
• Host and arrange logistics for multi-party technical and business events, including program kickoff meetings, design reviews, FAT, etc.
• Report technical risks and issues in narrative format (with data) so that the reports can be consumed by the business and technical teams.
• Proactive engagement with internal and external customer development teams
• Create and maintain management weekly reports and dashboards
• Assist in focusing internal and external engineering efforts across the organization
• Ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, regulatory and business requirements
• Support in-field test and validation of various UT systems
• Assist/Support field issues including travel to customer sites if needed
• Manage and organize documents library, including specification requirements, design packages, meeting minutes, etc.
• Expect up to 15% of travel depending on the phases of the projects

Sr SATCOM Program Manager Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in ME/EE/CSE, or related field, or equivalent experience, Master Degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering preferred
• 10+ years of project/program management and/or functional management experience.
• 7+ years in SW/HW development environment with at least 5 recent years in architectural/system role
• 7+ years experience in managing complex telecom and/or satellite communication systems
• 5+ years experience in managing complex product(s) development from concept to production
• Ability to lead, manage and mentor a team and align with company objectives
• Experience with schedule tracking tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Confluence, and Jira.
• Antenna and/or RF design experiences is preferred
• Familiar with satellite communication theory is preferred
• Familiar with phased array technologies and implementations is preferred
• Satellite over-the-air Communication field-trial (Alpha and Beta) experience is preferred
• Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs, and identify opportunities