Technical Program Manager, Spacecraft Subsystems - Xona Space Systems

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.

With Pulsar – the world’s most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit – Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.

As our first Technical Program Manager (TPM) embedded with our Montreal-based Spacecraft Subsystems team, you'll own the planning and execution of spacecraft component development and manufacturing, working closely with the Spacecraft Subsystem Lead to keep a highly autonomous, fast-moving hardware team on track. This team isn't defined by a single component - you'll help stand up the program infrastructure as we take on new subsystems over time. If you want to be close to the hardware, help build something from the ground up, and grow with a company doing something genuinely new in space, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Subsystem Schedule Ownership: Own and maintain the development and manufacturing schedule for Montreal-based subsystem programs, tracking milestones, managing dependencies, and keeping the team honest on deliverables.

Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the coordination hub between the Montreal engineering team and Xona's US-based program and engineering teams - ensuring component requirements, interfaces, and V&V plans stay synchronized across sites.

Supplier & Manufacturing Management: Support the team in managing component suppliers and manufacturing partners, keeping external deliverables aligned with internal development timelines.

Risk & Issue Tracking: Surface risks early, maintain the risk register, and work with technical leads to resolve blockers before they impact the schedule. Escalate to program leadership with context and a recommended path forward.

Program Reporting: Prepare and deliver regular subsystem status updates to the Montreal team lead and US program leadership, maintaining a clear picture of schedule health, open risks, and upcoming decisions.

Process Building: Help develop lightweight, effective project management processes suited to a small, adaptable engineering team - you'll have real input into how PM operates in Montreal as the team grows.

Required Qualifications

3-5 years of project or program management experience in complex hardware development, ideally in aerospace, defense, or a similarly technical field.

Some direct exposure to spacecraft, satellite component, or precision hardware development - you have a working understanding of how subsystem development progresses from requirements through manufacturing.

Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to track interdependencies across mechanical, electrical, and integration workstreams.