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Flight and Controls IPT Lead - Millennium Space Systems

USA - El Segundo, CA💼 Full-time💰 $4–$4🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the Flight and Controls Integrated Product Team (IPT) to manage schedule, budget, and technical metrics for national security satellite programs, overseeing cross-functional engineering teams including Astrodynamics, Autonomy, Guidance, Navigation, & Controls, Mission Analysis, and Optics.

Role type

Senior Engineering IPT Lead (Program Management)

Builds

Qualified satellite subsystem products for national security missions

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Systems / National Security

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Control Account Management (CAM), Earned Value Management (EVM), risk tracking, program execution leadership, technical scope management, stakeholder coordination

Preferred skills

Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) experience, Systems Engineering leadership, GNC/Mission Analysis/Optics/Flight Software expertise, resource-constrained environment management

Technologies

Satellite analysis, design, test, and operation tools

Responsibilities

Drive team execution and milestone delivery, proactively identify and resolve technical risks and blockers, coordinate technical project scope and cost/schedule performance, update EAC planners and provide variance analysis, track and close subsystem Discrepancy Reports (DRs), status key deliverables to program management and customers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with program leadership

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