K2 Space
Principal Program Scheduler
$160K–$200K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 8+ years of experience with project planning and integrated master scheduling.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, operations management, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Owns and maintains end-to-end schedules for satellite programs, coordinating teams and tracking critical paths, risks, and delivery from concept through launch and on-orbit operations.
What you'll do
- Create and drive master schedules, communicate progress, and align milestones across engineering, operations, production, and stakeholders.
- Perform critical-path and what-if analyses, identify dependencies and risks, and recommend paths forward to leadership.
- Build scheduling tools and reports, monitor engineering data, and lead schedule reviews and process improvements.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, finance, operations management, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience with project planning and integrated master scheduling.
- Experience integrating schedules from multiple tools, third parties, and data sources; interfacing with internal and external leadership; and performing critical-path and what-if analysis.
- Experience with schedule health metrics and work breakdown structures; proficiency with scheduling applications or processes.
Nice to have
- Experience with cross-functional engineering and operations teams, engineering development life cycles, first-of engineering projects, or scaled production efforts.
- Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance preferred; willingness to pursue and maintain a clearance if not already cleared.
Pay
$160,000- $200,000 USD base salary
Tools
Smartsheet, MS Project, Primavera, Microsoft Timeline
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