Have you seen Apollo 13, The Martian, or Armageddon and recall all of the NASA engineers in a room with a bunch of monitors? Quindar is digitizing that away. Satellites are flying servers in space and we are revolutionizing the future of spacecraft operations by building the DataDog for space.

Our team has worked at SpaceX, OneWeb, Lockheed Martin, Iridium, Boeing, AWS, and RedHat. We've operated dozens of satellites, worked on broadband and earth observation constellations, and serviced commercial and government users. We are using lessons learned from our previous aerospace and startup experiences to revolutionize the space industry and enable access to space without being an expert.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead cross-functional execution for U.S. DoD, IC, and Civil programs, from proposal to deployment. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, business development, and government stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of complex space software solutions. You will bridge the worlds of Agile software development and formal program structures (e.g., PPBE, CDRLs, IMP/IMS, EVMS).

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in dynamic, dual-use environments and can blend tactical program discipline with the speed and ambiguity of a startup.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Execution: Own delivery of U.S. government funded initiatives (e.g., SBIRs, STRATFI, OTA, IDIQ/IDIQ TOs), including scope, schedule, risk, and stakeholder management
• U.S. Government Program Management: Track and report against CDRLs, CLINs, SLINs, SOWs, IMP/IMS, and other contractual artifacts; support compliance with DFARS/NIST 800-171
• Cross-functional Leadership: Drive program alignment across engineering, product, and business stakeholders; run internal stand-ups, milestone reviews, and retrospectives
• Customer Engagement: Serve as the day-to-day liaison with government customers and prime contractors; attend technical interchange meetings (TIMs) and manage data call responses
• Documentation: Generate and manage deliverables including program plans, technical reports, security artifacts, and customer-facing briefings
• Support Business Growth: Partner with BD on white papers, proposals, and program shaping; facilitate technical volumes with engineering and execution plans with program managers.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
• Experience with space systems or ground software
• 5+ years managing complex U.S. DoD, IC, and/or Civil software or aerospace programs (PM, IPT lead, or equivalent)
• Deep familiarity with DoD acquisition, including SBIR/STTR, OTAs, FAR/DFARS, and color teams
• Experience with dual-use tech companies or government startups preferred
• Fluency in Agile and Waterfall program structures; ability to operate in hybrid environments
• Highly Inquisitive and Detail Oriented; ability to quickly identify potential gaps in mission solutions or requirements and attention to detail in driving these to closure
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable presenting to senior DoD stakeholders

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Why you'll love working at Quindar

• We work in a cutting edge industry and you will get the opportunity to be part of a small team with a large direct impact on the success of our customers’ space missions!
• We take work life balance very seriously. We require employees to take 15 days off but provide unlimited PTO and follow most US federal government holidays.
• Mental health is just as important as physical so we provide quarterly health & wellness benefits.
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family with 100% coverage for employees.
• We encourage employees to save for retirement and provide 4% 401(k) matching.
• Each quarter we have a 4-day company offsite. Previous locations include San Francisco, Nashville, Denver, Santa Fe, New Orleans, San Diego, Bozeman, and New York City.
• Our culture and company is evolving. You will be key in creating the next major or minor version!

Quindar is looking for candidates that like using modern software tools, cloud based services, and architecting software designs. Our frontend is built with React on top of Hasura deployed with Terraform on AWS GovCloud. We have a microservice architecture powered by Python and rely heavily on CI/CD processes.

Aerospace experts are NOT required to help build out our platform. We are looking for candidates that want to build software that tracks, contacts, and operates hundreds of flying computers in space that operate on different operating systems for various customers.