Technical Project Manager (Ground Software)

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025

Department: Vehicle / Ground Software

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Irvine, California

Reporting To: Sammy Roberts

Compensation: $115,000 - $150,000 / year

Description

At Turion Space, you’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to pioneering space technology and innovation. We are building cutting-edge Mission Control Systems, developing tools for GNC and AI engineers, and creating applications that directly impact space missions. You'll provide critical project management and operational muscle for the software engineering teams, implement processes to lever up engineers, and work with internal and external stakeholders to define the roadmap of the future of space operations. Join us to help shape the future of space exploration and make a tangible impact on missions that matter. UNLEASH HUMANITY'S GALACTIC POTENTIAL.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical project management support to the software engineering process from concept to production.
• Interface directly with Turion's customers and partners to provide direct project management support for high-complexity projects and programs.
• Interface directly with internal stakeholders including Payload Engineering, Flight Software, Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC), Mission Operations, Spacecraft Engineering, and more.
• Manage the Ground Software Team's Jira board and Agile sprint planning process to ensure strong alignment between company vision and team execution. 
• Synthesize product feedback into a cohesive repository of feature requests and bug fixes and partner closely with Ground Software leadership and company executives on prioritization.
• Implement and improve team process and SOPs around planning, execution, releases, customer trainings, root cause analyses, and more.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, including scope, timeline, resources, and budget. Define project deliverables and milestones and associated documentation.
• Ensure team's focus on productization of capability ensuring discipline around testing processes, documentation, change management, release notes, and more.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 2-5 years of technical project management experience in a fast-paced environment with experience with project management methodologies (Agile) and tools including Jira, Gitlab.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Detailed knowledge of the software development lifecycle at the conceptual level including development, prototyping, unit testing, user acceptance testing, and continuous delivery.
• A practitioner of servant leadership - low ego with a mindset of doing whatever it takes to enable the teams around you to execute at the highest level. 
• Comfortable in high-pressure situations with steadfast composure 
• Demonstrated experience helping level up software engineering teams by working in close proximity to high-complexity projects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to seamlessly flex across Turion's hardcore engineering startup culture and large enterprise customer including the US Government and commercial entities.
• Flexibility to be on call and work extended hours or weekends as needed to support mission-critical operations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex technical challenges and deliver effective solutions.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% to be on-site with customers, attend conferences, and other forward deployed activities.
• Must be able to obtain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Love for all things software, ideally with some prior software engineering experience - while you won't be writing code regularly at Turion, you should be hyped to be a core part of a software team, ideally have done a decent bit of coding in the past, pay attention to the sector, and maybe have some hobby projects where you're hands-on. You should be very comfortable working directly with software engineers with the ability and appetite to open up code repositories, look at merge requests, and other technical areas gain a detailed understanding of current state and progress.
• Involvement in the space industry or related fields, with a passion for space exploration.

ITAR Requirements: 

• This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export contr