Micron Mechanics Technical Project Manager
- Level
- Lead
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 November 2026.
About the role
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AST SpaceMobile and our global partners are building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network to be accessible by standard smartphones. Called SpaceMobile, this ultra-powerful network is being designed to provide connectivity at 4G/5G speeds everywhere on the planet – on land, at sea and in flight.
Position Overview
The TPM is responsible for driving the delivery processes of phase array antenna building block model (“Micron”) from the Space Communication platforms organization to NPI and Platforms integration NPI groups, deriving workplan from business goals, assigning owners tasks and plans in coordination with head of division and the team leaders, reporting status, highlighting dependencies, risks and gaps, aligning delivery processes with/to customers while keeping high execution standards and keeping within required schedule, with delivery oversight across the teams and cross-functional collaborations.
You will own program management, definition of execution steps, risk management, facilitating collaboration b/w stake holders, monitoring and reporting execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Defining workplans and assigning owners with tasks and detailed steps.
- Prioritizing workplan steps according to product and business needs – through guidelines from division management.
- Analysing dependencies, bottlenecks and resource conflicts – while reducing their impact by careful planning and execution paths.
- Highlighting needs and support from management, stakeholders in a timely manner. Direct work with internal departments – HW, SW, RF, Validation and ATE - as well as finance, procurement, QA, NPI and Engineering departments to facilitate the deliveries and take delivered items from R&D to production.
- Identifying schedule risks and potential technical gaps through detailed discussions with the owners.
- Reporting status and monitoring of execution to forums starting from execution to company leadership teams.
- Leading taskforce execution with focused dedicated efforts to drive root-cause-analysis, correction and recovery processes
- Use tools – MS Project, JIRA and develop AI based report and analysis
Qualifications
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- Experience:
4+ years in an industry hands on technical execution role – HW or mechanics in Telecommunication , Space, automotive or embedded SW/HW integrated systems.
3+ years as a TPM in similar industry segment with cross-functional multidisciplinary teams.
Direct work with senior R&D management
Technical Skills:
Good know how of HW + mechanics development cycle steps and supply-chain issues. Familiar with lab equipment and validation steps.
Good understanding of HW-Mechanics integration steps for bring-up and testing.
Deep understanding of delivery from R&D to production at scale of mechanics / HW / Mechanism components and their validation.
Knowhow – MS-Project, JIRA, AI tools for project management
Education: B.Sc in Mechanics Engineering, Industrial engineering or related field.
Soft Skills:
- Leadership Skills:
- Proven ability to drive execution and inspire engineers across HW, Mechanics and test domains. Strong sense of ownership and execution.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- Fluent in English – written and spoken.
- Leadership skills
Technology Stack:
- MS Office tools., MS-Project
- JIRA
- AI tools (Claude, CoPilot, Gemini) to create dashboards and reports
Physical Requirements
- Working from office at least 4 days a week + 1 remote
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This job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as needed by business demands.
AST SpaceMobile is an Equal Opportunity, at will Employer; employment is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
What this role asks for
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Compared with AST SpaceMobile's other open jobs.
The team: Mechanical Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 15 open in Mechanical Engineering. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in November: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Creo (8 of 15), SolidWorks (7 of 15), Excel (6 of 15), FEA (5 of 15), CATIA (4 of 15), GD&T (2 of 15), LabVIEW (2 of 15)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Embedded Software Team Leader posted Nov 2
- RF Test Engineer posted Oct 28
- Mechanisms Engineer posted Oct 27
- Junior Mechanical Engineer - Jig Design and Tooling posted Oct 22
- Senior Analyst Engineer - Thermal posted Oct 21
- Structural Analyst posted Aug 6
- CAD Product Structure Engineer posted Jul 24
- Drawing & CAD Design Checker — GD&T Specialist posted Jul 24
- Mechanisms Engineer posted Jul 2
- Mechanical Harness Engineer posted May 27
- Satellite Mechanical/Structural Engineer posted Dec 20
- Senior Satellite Mechanical Engineer posted Nov 26
- Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer posted Nov 12
- Associate Mechanisms Engineer posted Nov 12
From the team and dates on AST SpaceMobile's own job board.
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