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Senior Program Manager, Missile Warning & Tracking

Muon Space· Mission Management
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Hybrid (San Jose, CA)$206k - $232kPosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Program Manager responsible for delivering next-generation satellites for national security missions (missile warning and tracking) across the full program lifecycle, coordinating internal teams, subcontractors, and long-lead vendors in a hybrid on-site role in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Own the integrated master schedule, cost baseline, and risk register
  • Drive the program through preliminary and critical design reviews, payload and spacecraft integration, environmental test, launch, and on-orbit demonstration to meet milestones
  • Manage scope, cost, and period of performance against contract milestones and payment events
  • Lead day-to-day execution of the program team to the contract, manage weekly cadence and readiness reviews; brief the Mission Manager
  • Prepare and ensure quality of contract deliverables (status reports, design review packages, technical and cost data, test plans, final reports) for customer delivery
  • Partner with Mission Manager and Muon’s Capture and Business Development on follow-on strategy
  • Manage program subcontracts (mission data processing and algorithm development)
  • Coordinate critical-path vendors for detectors, focal plane arrays, cooler assemblies, and optics across long-lead procurements
  • Maintain subcontract scope, cost, and schedule aligned with prime contract commitments
  • Partner with lead systems engineer and technical leads to drive technical decisions
  • Own and manage program risk register (supply chain, integration, launch, demonstration risks)
  • Resolve cross-functional issues and escalate as needed
  • Ensure compliance with contract requirements (U.S.-only performance, ITAR/EAR, technical data rights, security, CUI handling)
  • Coordinate with Contracts and Finance on subcontract changes, invoicing, and financial reporting

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional experience in program or technical management of complex technical system development, deployment, and operations
  • 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in engineering or hardware development through design reviews to a tested product
  • Direct experience with space, defense, or aerospace program planning and execution
  • Demonstrated experience managing programs with multiple subcontractors and long critical-path supply chains
  • Experience executing rapid-acquisition or prototype agreements for government customers, with familiarity navigating government program lifecycle, technical data rights, and contract deliverables
  • Active Secret U.S. security clearance
  • U.S. citizenship required (Clearance required and ITAR-restricted)
  • Excellent written communication skills; ability to author/approve program contract deliverables

Skills

Required:Program managementSubcontractor and vendor managementTechnical leadership

Benefits

  • equity compensation
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, paid parental leave
Last updated Oct 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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