Government Project Manager

Join TrustPoint and Build the World’s First Commercial GPS System in Space

GPS is a ubiquitous global utility in modern society; knowing one’s location is critical for government, commercial, and personal applications. Still, today’s solutions for determining location are inaccurate, slow, unencrypted, and susceptible to jamming and spoofing. These shortcomings make GPS insufficient for tomorrow’s safety-critical and high-precision applications, a problem TrustPoint intends to solve.

TrustPoint is developing a fully commercial next-generation GPS service to provide significant performance, security and reliability improvements for GPS users. This includes better accuracy, quicker Time to First Fix, and anti-spoof and anti-jam capabilities. The improvements will support US Government position and timing service resiliency as well as enable next-generation commercial applications like drone delivery, self-driving cars, urban air mobility, and augmented reality. The $260B annual GNSS Hardware, Software and Data Services market is ripe for disruption and TrustPoint intends to lead that revolution with our commercial infrastructure and services.

The Position

With locations outside Washington DC and in Silicon Valley, TrustPoint is currently seeking a Full-Time Government Projects Manager in our Herndon, Virginia office to lead execution of several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects. You will be responsible for managing resources across the company to deliver technology demonstrations, technical documentation, reports, and customer reviews as required by each contract. As an early leader in a rapidly growing company, this position offers significant upward mobility and an opportunity to shape the future of space-based Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solutions.

We’ll Expect You To…

• Lead execution of several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects with the Department of Defense (DoD) focused on developing new technology related to fielding a commercial constellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and associated ground support systems.
• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to balance resource scheduling (personnel and lab equipment/facilities) with the company’s other technical work and commitments.
• Continuously identify and manage risks to successful execution, proactively solving issues and/or requesting support as needed.
• Regularly communicate project status and risks to government customers and stakeholders, as well as company leadership and other personnel.
• Engage with government customers and stakeholders to plan for post-contract activities, including transition to follow-on phases of work and/or integration into programs of record or commercial product offerings.
• Support contract milestones and budget planning in the context of the company’s broader objectives.
• Manage subcontractors to ensure successful delivery of their scope of work.
• Contribute to proposal generation by providing appropriate scoping of work with feasible cost and schedule estimates.
  
  

You’ll Need to Have…

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• Experience managing technical projects or programs with a track record of balancing cost, schedule, and scope appropriately to ensure successful delivery of technical capability on time and within budget.
• Demonstrated systems engineering skills across the development lifecycle - defining and fulfilling requirements, balancing system trades, and mitigating execution risk.
• Working knowledge of US federal government contracting regulations and general understanding of government acquisition and/or technology development practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to include presenting technical information and program briefs to high level government personnel as well as preparing written technical documentation.
• Creative problem-solving skills and attention to detail, able to manage both long term transition strategy and fine-grained technical execution.
• Ability to travel occasionally to customer sites or other networking opportunities as needed (approximately 1-2 times/quarter, depending on customer need).
• US citizenship required.
  
  

We’d Like to See…

• Hands on experience developing technology in space-related, navigation and timing, or other defense-related fields.
• Leadership skills in team management, whether in a formal reporting structure or matrixed development teams.
• Advanced degree in engineering, business, or related field.
• Active security clearance.
  
  

Cultural Fit

• Thrive in a start-up environment.
• Effective communication style that instills a culture of optimism and positivity.
• Sense of humor and ability to proactively problem solve.
• Encourages colleagues to think and plan strategically while executing well tactically.
• Works well with all company levels and disciplines (i.e. Legal, HR, etc.).
• Willing to “roll up sleeves” in a new venture, working closely with colleagues.
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

The selected candidate will be competitively compensated with salary, equity (stock options), and standard benefits.