Deputy Program Manager

The role

The Deputy Program Manager will drive execution across complex sensing, airborne, and space programs. This role turns program objectives into coordinated schedules, decisions, risk management, and clear communication across teams.

What you will do

• Maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and action tracking.
• Coordinate engineering, operations, supply chain, test, and customer-facing workstreams.
• Prepare program reviews and concise status reporting.
• Support requirements, configuration, verification, and delivery processes.
• Identify execution gaps and work with owners to resolve blockers or escalate decisions.

Required qualifications

• Experience coordinating complex technical programs with multiple disciplines and dependencies.
• Strong planning, organization, written communication, and follow-through.
• Ability to understand technical context well enough to connect schedules, risks, requirements, and decisions.
• Comfort operating at both detailed working level and concise leadership-review level.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace, defense, hardware development, flight programs, or other regulated technical environments.
• Experience supporting customer, government, or partner reporting and milestone reviews.
• Familiarity with systems engineering, configuration control, verification, or supply-chain execution.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience
• Early-stage equity package
• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision coverage
• Opportunity to work on novel sensing, data, and AI systems

Before you apply

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

About the company

Matter is building the future of vision AI by pairing a sensor that sees molecular chemistry, temperature, and 3D shape with a Large World Model. The team has delivered technologies to Mars for NASA/JPL and designed advanced sensors for U.S. Defense.