Sr. Program Coordinator

To support these advanced program efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Senior Program Coordinator with 5–10 years of progressive experience coordinating complex technical programs in aerospace, defense, or other high‑consequence environments. This role serves as a senior integrator across the program office to drive clear communication and high‑quality customer deliverables.

The ideal candidate excels in structured coordination, multi-stakeholder communication, and ensuring program activities remain synchronized with requirements, schedules, and contract obligations. They are comfortable navigating dynamic environments, managing large deliverable matrices, and supporting fast-paced technical teams. To be successful, a candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as a willingness to learn and growth within the scope of authority to enhance customer satisfaction for customers and executive leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Cross-Functional Coordination & Integration

• Coordinate execution activities across engineering, operations, procurement, finance, and test organizations to ensure alignment with program plans
• Drive effective communication and information flow across diverse functional teams
• Translate program goals into actionable trackers, dashboards, and structured coordination mechanisms
• Support the integration of multi-disciplinary inputs into program schedules, deliverables, and customer-facing materials
• Coordinate customer technical interchange meetings and onsite visits from government partners

Program Execution & Deliverable Management

• Maintain accurate program documentation, trackers, and coordinated status updates
• Support configuration compliance, documentation completeness, and timely preparation of review materials and contract deliverables
• Ensure program activities remain aligned with contract scope, customer expectations, and quality standards
• Maintain awareness of program financial health and budget constraints; ensure alignment contract scope and customer desires when coordinating program activities

Customer Communication & Stakeholder Support

• Serve as the primary working-level communication node for customer inquiries, status updates, and deliverable tracking
• Lead routine customer-facing coordination interactions and support cross-functional briefings
• Prepare consolidated weekly/monthly status reports and support formal program reviews
• Maintain high-trust, professional communication with customer and government partners
• Prepare routine consolidated status reports for program and executive leadership

Risk, Issue & Action Management

• Identify emerging risks, deliverable delays, or schedule conflicts and elevate them promptly to program leadership
• Support development and coordination of mitigation plans
• Track action items, drive closure, and ensure structured follow-through across teams
• Flag resource, documentation, or dependency gaps that could affect execution predictability

Leadership, Mentorship & Team Support

• Provide day-to-day guidance to junior coordinators; review work quality and coach team members on program workflows
• Influence cross-functional alignment to meet aggressive deadlines and customer commitments
• Contribute to improving coordination processes, reporting structures, and execution standards within the program team

Travel

• Domestic travel as required to support program and business objectives. (Typically <20%)

Required Qualifications

• 5–10 years of direct program coordination experience in aerospace, defense, or technical program environments
• Strong understanding of defense acquisition basics, contract deliverable processes, and technical program lifecycles
• Demonstrated experience managing complex action-item matrices, multi-source reporting, or customer-facing deliverables
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to coordinate across diverse technical teams
• Strong organizational skillset with high attention to detail and ability to self-direct daily priorities
• Strong ability to survey the landscape, prioritize what is both urgent and important to the program, and communicate these priorities to the team and leadership
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience interfacing with DoD customers, defense contractors, or regulated technical programs
• Familiarity with CDRLs/SDRLs, IMS alignment, or earned value concepts
• Experience with project management tools (MS Project, Jira, or equivalent)
• Background supporting aircraft operations, flight test, or integration-related programs

Education & Experience

• Sr. Program Coordinator ($93,000 - $142,000): Associate or bachelor’s degree (B.S./B.A.) in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline from an accredited institution and 5-10 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• This position is located in Mojave, CA
• Travel estimated at <10%
• 9/80 schedule

To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a level I, level II, Sr-, or Staff-level Avionics Engineer with emphasis in Flight Termination Systems (FTS) and Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) to support continued technical development of air-launched hypersonic aircraft. This position will also support the efforts to design, integrate, and test the FTS and AFSS in accordance with RCC-319 and RCC-324. Additionally, this position will include working with range safety personnel to coordinate review and approval of various FTS documents. You must be comfortable with component/system development and integration. Candidates must have an aerospace development background and relevant experience in aerospace systems integration.

Essential Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation, and subsystem-level testing of the FTS and AFSS
• Collaborate with range safety to review and approve FTS and AFSS documentation
• Support design, procurement, and build of AFSS Hardware in the Loop
• Contribute to flight test planning for integrated (carrier aircraft + pylon + hypersonic vehicle) Stratolaunch missions
• Collaborate with range safety personnel to develop FTS and AFSS technical requirements
• Contribute to coordination of range testing
• Support design reviews throughout vehicle system development
• Evaluate and determine risks and risk mitigation plans
• Regular and comprehensive communication to the Avionics Chief Engineer and FTS/AFSS PM on a weekly and monthly basis
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity, and fulfillment of commitments

Qualifications and Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: electrical engineering, aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
• Experience with FTS and/or AFSS (receivers, batteries, safe and arm devices, ordnance, initiators)
• Experience architecting avionics system design with COTS or in-house hardware
• Experience working with and tailoring RCC-319 & RCC-324 requirements
• Experience with Maximum Predicted Environments, Acceptance Testing, and Qualification Testing
• Experience with technical aerospace leadership, including working with sub-contractors
• Experience with test planning and execution
• Experience with risk management
• Ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on their own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance

Required Computer Skills

• Engineering programming tools (Matlab or equivalent)
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Configuration management systems (Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of RF system design including link budgets, antenna design, and antenna placement
• Knowledge of debris catalogs and how they’re used for breakup analysis
• Experience developing environmental test specifications
• Experience with max predicted environment instrumentation (accelerometers, thermocouples)
• Engineering with computing languages & tools (C, C++, AGI STK, HFSS)
• Experience with government agencies
• Experience with air-launch programs
• Experience with aircraft prototype development, including releasing Engineering definition and developing work instructions
• Security clearance

Education and Experience

• Level I ($83,000-$120,500): Bachelor’s degree or higher from accredited institution and 0-2 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Level II ($101,000-$146,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Sr Level ($120,500-$158,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Staff Level ($157,000-$206,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

• Position based in Mojave, CA
• Travel, as needed, to support the department. Travel estimated to be <10%

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