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Blue Origin

Builds rockets, engines and lunar spacecraft

Principal Technical Program Manager

Program ManagementPosted on Nov 5
Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field is required.
  • At least 10 years of technical program management or equivalent program leadership experience working with software engineering organizations is required.
  • Experience leading complex, multi-team software programs from planning through integration, release, and operational deployment is required.
  • Experience developing and managing integrated roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical paths is required.
  • Experience coordinating software delivery with hardware, silicon, embedded systems, or other tightly coupled engineering organizations is required.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the deployment strategy for scaling the TeraWave global IP/MPLS backbone, bridging gateway locations, core Points of Presence, and satellite operations facilities.
  • Spearhead the global transit strategy by negotiating tier-1 IP transit partnerships, dark fiber leases, and high-capacity transport circuits.
  • Deploy Points of Presence within major Internet Exchange Points and carrier-neutral data centers worldwide, establishing direct peering policies to minimize user latency and optimize cost per bit.
  • Drive the physical deployment of hardware rack elevations, including power distribution (AC/DC), thermal management, cabling standards, and top-of-rack switch integration.
  • Manage the physical site selection, real estate acquisition, and civil/facility engineering lifecycle for gateway earth station data centers and satellite operations facilities.
  • Direct multidisciplinary teams through technical-space build-outs, managing vendor relationships, colocation agreements, and enterprise-scale hardware procurement cycles globally.
  • Drive country-specific regulatory compliance, telecommunications licensing, and cross-border legal approvals required for international site deployments.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related STEM field is preferred.
  • Experience delivering networking, telecommunications, aerospace, embedded systems, or large-scale distributed-system programs is preferred.
  • Experience managing programs spanning cloud software, embedded software, networking hardware, and operational infrastructure is preferred.
  • Familiarity with networking concepts such as routing, switching, wireless systems, Software-Defined Networking, or network management and orchestration is preferred.
  • Experience using Jira and Confluence to support planning, dependency management, and organizational reporting is preferred.
  • Experience operating in a fast-paced development environment with evolving requirements and aggressive delivery timelines is preferred.
  • Ability to influence technical teams, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority is preferred.

About the Company

Blue Origin

Builds rockets, engines and lunar spacecraft

Blue Origin builds rockets, engines and spacecraft for commercial satellite operators and government space programs. Its New Glenn orbital rocket uses a reusable first stage, while Blue Moon landers are designed to transport cargo and astronauts to the lunar surface. The company designs and manufactures liquid-fueled propulsion systems, and its New Shepard vehicle is built for short suborbital trips carrying people and research payloads. Customers pay for launch services and engines, and government development contracts fund work on systems for exploration beyond Earth orbit. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent, Washington.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$10.1B
Headquarters
Kent, WA
Founded
2000

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