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Senior Technical Project Manager
| Company | VAST |
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| Location | Long Beach, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $159000 – $210000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or related discipline
- 5 years of experience in technical program management
- 4 years of experience with project management and reporting tools (i.e., MS Project, SmartSheet, JIRA, Confluence)
Responsibilities
- Leverage your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary hardware projects from start to finish, managing multiple critical hardware work streams including electrical, mechanical, industrial design and other aspects of hardware development
- Work closely with both internal teams and external vendors to deliver hardware and solutions on tight timelines
- Act as a single point of contact for driving scope, schedule, cost, and resource management
- Report out program status and risk to program stakeholders
- Ensure program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review
- Contribute to resource planning to ensure program success
- Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments
- Apply first principles approach to problem solving tight timelines, design changes, and material management
Preferred Qualifications
- Track record of launching space flight hardware or other similar hardware/software devices from concept to production
- Experience managing design releases, validation test plans, build execution and supply chain management
- Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements
- Ability to think strategically and tactically and to build consensus to make programs successful
