Senior Technical Project Manager Software

At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing longterm stays in space without the adverse effects of zerogravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is allin committed to executing our mission safely and on time.If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.

Vast is looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager Software reporting to the Staff Technical Project Manager to support the development of software that will be required to fly humanrated space stations.

This will be a fulltimeexempt position located in ourLong Beachlocation.

As a Software Technical Project Manager at Vast youll leverage your technical expertise to help drive complex multidisciplinary hardware and software projects. Rather than writing code your role is to understand highlevel software concepts and ensure alignment across engineering teams. You should have a strong grasp of fundamental computing principles including what a compiler does what a build system is the difference between an embedded system and a PC and the basics of how the internet functions. You will be embedded directly with the software teams at Vast.

Youre naturally curious about technology deeply interested in how systems interact and comfortable discussing technical tradeoffs with engineers without overstepping into engineering roles. Additionally you should have a foundational understanding of highlevel electrical engineering concepts. A background in science or engineering is highly beneficial as it enables you to bridge communication across disciplines and facilitate efficient collaboration.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage your technical expertise to lead complex multidisciplinary software projects from start to finish managing multiple critical software work streams such as mission operations software flight software embedded software hardwareintheloop (HITL) simulation and modeling.
• Act as a single point of contact for driving scope schedule cost and resource management
• Work closely with internal teams external customers and external vendors to deliver software solutions on tight timelines.
• Report out project status and risk to program stakeholders and senior leadership
• Organize and lead sprint planning for multiple software releases across multiple software teams.
• 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 solve problems on tight timelines

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering Computer Science Informatics or related discipline
• 5 years of experience in technical project or program management
• Experience with Agile project management philosophies and proficient with project management tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to clearly communicate to both technical and nontechnical audiences how technical and program trade offs impact overall mission success
• Proficient at reading and writing software. You wont be expected to write software as part of your day to day job however a successful candidate will understand software fundamentals and be comfortable reading and understanding code
• Aptitude to thrive in a fastpaced environment

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience with software projects that have a large hardware dependency.
• E.g. Robotics Spacecraft Drones Medical Devices
• Track record of launching space flight software or other similar hardware/software devices from concept to production
• 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

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to travel up to 15 of the time
• Must be willing and able to work weekends and nonstandard workweek hours to support critical mission milestones

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