Technical Project Manager
Bay Area, California
Engineering /
Full-time
/ On-site
Fuse is on a mission to accelerate the world’s transition to fusion energy. Our core product is TITAN: an Impedance Matched Marx Generator (IMG). TITAN is the most efficient and powerful (TW) machine of its kind. Fusers have built and licensed Magical Unicorn and FAETON I, 2 novel pulsed power generators.
You are joining an early-stage fusion company. Please expect to wear different hats and take 0 to 1 ownership of objectives. Changing the world is hard but honorable and fulfilling. You should expect to work extremely hard to make a dent. This is not a regular job. Fusers are on a mission to change the world and get shit done.
Key responsibilities
- Ownership of project definition, planning, scheduling, resource allocation, triage, release management, metrics gathering, and communication to wider audiences;
- Working with multidisciplinary teams and leaders across all technical systems – as well as interface with customer-facing teams such as sales, sales engineering, consumer go-to-market, and support;
- Identify critical path, maintain a schedule and roadmap, communicating it and any associated bottlenecks weekly to a broader audience;
- Responsible for reporting program status and critical path items to management and stakeholders.
- Key technical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders to ensure mass production product meets customer and reliability targets.
- Identify and own projects and processes that improve overall program success and progress.
- Work with the sales team to identify opportunities that are a good fit for Fuse. Get buy-in and establish resources to support these programs.
- Manage contracts to make sure we meet schedule while giving technical teams ample time to get work done ahead of milestones.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline
- 5+ years professional experience in project management, program management, mission management, logistics, or other field
Desirable skills
- Experience with interdisciplinary project management across many departments. Interdisciplinary engineering fundamentals and multidisciplinary project execution is the key to success in this role.
- Experience developing and presenting concise engineering summaries to drive decision-making.
- Prior experience with the full hardware product life cycle.
- Capable of working autonomously and solving complex problems to meet project timelines.
- Experience working with US Department of Defense and Intelligence Communities on complex high-stakes projects.
- Experience with US Government project management and procurement.
- Knowledge of international affairs and current US Government capabilities and needs.
Additional requirements
- Must be able to travel and work extended hours/weekends as needed.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR
here
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Fuse is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Fuse 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.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at info@f.energy