Sr. Technical Product Manager

Blue Canyon Technologies • Boulder, CO

2d • $140,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), a small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to own the technical direction of one of BCT's product lines. This role involves shaping the product roadmap, navigating tradeoffs, and aligning stakeholders to ensure products are relevant, repeatable, and valuable. The position is a high-ownership, low-ceremony role focused on enabling space missions that expand the frontiers of science and defense. The ideal candidate is curious, proactive in solving ambiguous problems, and skilled at clearing constraints.

Requirements

• A technical degree (Systems, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical, or similar) and 7+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong engineering fundamentals, with the ability to think through interactions between engineering domains — mechanical, electrical, software, thermal, and more.
• A track record of owning or meaningfully shaping a product or subsystem across multiple programs.
• A solid grasp of the spacecraft product lifecycle — concept through qualification, production, and sustainment, including TRLs — and the judgment to make sound, risk-based calls with incomplete data.
• The ability to work across Engineering, BD, Program Management, and Operations, and to lead technical discussions that land with both customers and internal teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience
• GNC engineering experience — extra points for familiarity with BCT systems
• Spacecraft systems engineering experience with direct experience in a subsystem BCT supports (ADCS, Power, C&DH, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with a component solution BCT supplies or competes against (star trackers, reaction wheels, CMGs, torque rods, sun sensors, SADAs, batteries, solar arrays)
• Technical product management or team leadership
• Configurable or variant-based product lines across diverse customer needs
• Trade studies and parametric analysis
• Familiarity with specs, SOWs, and subcontract technical inputs
• Flight-program experience under schedule pressure
• MATLAB or Python
• JIRA or similar planning/tracking tools
• A "figure it out and get it done" instinct
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

Responsibilities

• Own the product roadmap for your assigned line from concept through qualification and production, and influence the roadmaps of the components it depends on.
• Be the technical voice of the customer. Turn mission requirements, feedback, and market trends into clear priorities engineering can act on.
• Champion the product externally. Present improvements and roadmap at industry conferences, help shape technical papers, and bring customers the "art of the possible" — showing them what's now feasible and getting them excited about it.
• Lead customer technical exchanges and reviews. Communicate status, risk, and direction credibly to people who know the subject cold.
• Drive the early-phase decisions that shape a product — architecture, requirements, qualification scope, and the trade studies that balance performance, cost, manufacturability, and mission goals.
• Support proposals and investment planning. Contribute technical content, ROMs, schedules, and risk posture; help scope IRAD/CRAD opportunities tied to where the business is going.
• Keep the product line consistent. Provide technical guidance on interfaces, architecture, and design intent, and mentor Level 1/2 engineers along the way.
• May include personnel management responsibilities.

Benefits

• Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior