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Salary: CAD 139,000 - 164,000 / annual
Kepler Communications is seeking a Technical Project Manager – Hardware to lead the realization and delivery of spacecraft hardware products. You will serve as the clear point of accountability for assigned products, leading an Integrated Product Team (IPT) and owning end-to-end execution to deliver hardware that meets technical and programmatic requirements.
The role focuses primarily on RF and communications hardware, including radios and antennas. You will combine a strong engineering foundation with a bias for action and high degree of ownership, leading multidisciplinary teams, navigating technical and programmatic challenges, making decisions, and finding creative solutions to deliver results.
Key responsibilities include:
**Product Ownership & Delivery:**
- Own the successful realization and delivery of assigned spacecraft hardware products from definition through qualification and production
- Lead the Integrated Product Team responsible for product development, build, integration, verification, and delivery
- Own product scope, schedule, cost, risk, and completion status, identifying divergence early and driving recovery actions
- Balance technical performance, quality, schedule, cost, manufacturability, and risk to achieve successful outcomes
- Ensure product readiness and delivery decisions are supported by appropriate engineering and verification evidence
**Integrated Execution:**
- Bring together people, plans, suppliers, builds, and verification activities required to deliver the product
- Coordinate priorities, interfaces, dependencies, and decisions across engineering and supporting functions
- Identify and burn down product risks, drive issues to closure, and remove obstacles to execution
- Work with Architects and technical leads to turn product requirements and technical direction into executable development plans
- Lead product activities through development milestones and readiness reviews
- Communicate product status, risks, challenges, and recovery plans clearly across technical and program stakeholders
**Team & Execution Excellence:**
- Build alignment and drive outcomes across multidisciplinary teams without relying on direct reporting authority
- Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and bias for action within the IPT
- Drive adherence to Kepler's product development, engineering, configuration management, quality, and verification processes
- Capture lessons learned and contribute to improving how Kepler develops and delivers spacecraft hardware
**Requirements:**
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organization, and engineering judgment
- Experience developing electrical, electronic, RF, or communications hardware (particularly valuable)
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage complex hardware development programs
**Bonus qualifications:**
- Electrical or electronics engineering background
- Experience developing RF, radio, communications, or antenna hardware
- Experience developing spacecraft, aerospace, or other mission-critical hardware
- Experience managing external suppliers through development and delivery
- Experience transitioning hardware from development into repeatable production
