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Micron Mechanics Technical Project Manager

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added yesterday (last checked 2 Nov)

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Hybrid, Barcelona
English
Required
Experience
4+ years
Education
University degree

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 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

Nice to have

  • 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.
  • Leadership skills

Education & certifications

Education: B.Sc in Mechanics Engineering, Industrial engineering or related field.

Languages

  • Fluent in English - written and spoken.

The role

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.

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.

What you'll do

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

How you'll work

Physical Requirements

  • Working from office at least 4 days a week + 1 remote

Technology Stack

  • MS Office tools., MS-Project
  • JIRA
  • AI tools (Claude, CoPilot, Gemini) to create dashboards and reports

About AST SpaceMobile

AST SpaceMobile is building the world's first space-based cellular broadband network. Its BlueBird satellites are designed to provide full broadband directly to standard, unmodified smartphones, allowing users to make video calls, browse the web, and use their apps at 4G and 5G speeds from anywhere on Earth. The company has partnered with over 60 mobile network operators and is working to close coverage gaps, since more than 87% of the Earth's surface is out of reach of traditional cell towers.

As a fast-growing company that operates with startup energy, AST SpaceMobile describes its mission as eliminating the connectivity gaps faced by today's nearly six billion mobile subscribers and bringing broadband to the billions who remain unconnected, with use cases spanning rural connectivity, emergency response, defense, maritime, aviation, and agriculture.

Industry
Aerospace
Headquarters
Midland, Texas, United States

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Additional information

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.

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