About The Role

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place!

E-Space is bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. We are building a highly-advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) space system that will fundamentally change the design, economics, manufacturing and service delivery associated with traditional satellite and terrestrial IoT systems.

We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed to innovate space-based communications and deliver actionable intelligence that will expand global economies, protect space and our planet and enhance our overall quality of life.

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented Senior Government Contracts Manager to join our Contracts team on-site in Arlington, Texas. The ideal candidate brings 5-10 years of experience managing federal government contracts and possesses strong working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), data rights frameworks, and contract line item structuring.

The Senior Government Contracts Manager is responsible for the full lifecycle management of government contracts, subcontracts, and OTA agreements, from proposal development and contract negotiation through contract administration, performance management, and closeout. This role serves as a key business partner, ensuring contractual compliance, mitigating risk, and supporting strategic growth objectives across Department of Defense and other federal government programs.

Working closely with Business Development, Program Management, Finance, Supply Chain, and executive leadership, the Senior Government Contracts Manager provides guidance on contractual requirements, proposal compliance, customer obligations, regulatory requirements, and business risk considerations. The successful candidate will balance sound contract management practices with business objectives, helping the organization successfully pursue, win, and execute government contracts while maintaining compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.

This position is ideal for an experienced government contracting professional with a background in contract management, acquisition, procurement, business administration, law, or a related discipline who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and can effectively manage complex contractual matters with a high degree of independence and professionalism.

Key Responsibilities

Own the integrated master schedule for your program across space, ground, and payload workstreams
Own contract deliverables end to end — CDRLs, milestone submittals, technical reports: the deliverable list, the schedule behind it, review and submittal, and customer acceptance
Serve as the day-to-day programmatic point of contact for the government customer on your program: cost and schedule status, deliverable status, contractual actions, and the informal calls in between. Technical authority sits with the mission systems engineer
Track cost and schedule performance against the award: burn rate versus funding, milestone payment triggers, and early warning when the two diverge
Maintain the risk register and drive mitigations to closure
Run the gated review lifecycle — SRR, PDR, CDR, and other milestone and program reviews — owning entry/exit criteria, logistics, action tracking, and closure, while engineering owns the technical content presented
Partner with the mission systems engineer assigned to your program, who reports through the Chief Systems Engineer or project chief engineer. They own the technical baseline; you own the plan and the commitment
Pull on the functional organization to get your program the engineering it needs, and escalate cleanly when priorities collide across the portfolio
Work across contracts, finance, export compliance, and security to keep the program compliant
Contribute schedules, basis of estimate inputs, and technical volume content to follow-on scope and task orders on your program

You will work daily with systems, spacecraft, and ground engineers, and directly with your government program office. You need enough technical depth to challenge an estimate, recognize a risk before it shows up in a status report, and hold a credible programmatic conversation with a customer without an engineer in the room. You do not need to design the system or own the technical answer, but you need to understand what the engineers are telling you and notice when the technical reality and the contractual commitment have quietly drifted apart.

Required Qualifications

5+ years managing government programs in aerospace, defense, or a comparable regulated environment
Direct experience executing against government agreements — OTAs, FAR/DFARS-based contracts, SBIR/STTR, or task order vehicles — including deliverable management and modifications
Track record carrying a single program through a full lifecycle, not just coordinating across many
Track record building and maintaining an integrated master schedule that engineering actually uses, not one that exists for reporting
Experience as a customer-facing program point of contact, including running formal reviews with real entry/exit criteria, action tracking, and closure
Demonstrated ability to deliver in a matrix organization, holding a program together when the engineers doing the work report through a different chain
Working knowledge of systems engineering practice: requirements flow-down, verification and validation planning, interface management
Comfort in a fast-moving environment where the plan changes weekly and the project manager is the one keeping it coherent
Clear, direct communication up and down: engineers get context, leadership and the customer get truth
US person status, and eligibility to obtain and maintain a US Government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

Active US Government security clearance (Secret or above)
Spacecraft, payload, or ground segment experience through an integration and test campaign
Familiarity with government space customers — SSC, SDA, AFRL, DIU, NRO, or equivalent
Working familiarity with ITAR/EAR and technology control plans in a program context
Domain experience in a relevant capability area: ground-based radar, space-based radar, SIGINT, or satellite communications
Earned value or equivalent cost/schedule performance management experience
Experience supporting proposals and follow-on task orders from an execution seat

Work Environment & Expectations

This is a full-time, on-site position based in Santa Clara, California. The role requires daily collaboration with contracts, business development, program management, finance, engineering, and executive leadership teams in a fast-paced government contracting environment.

Occasional travel to customer locations, government facilities, industry events, consortium meetings, or other company sites may be required. The position operates with a high degree of autonomy and independent judgment while partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders to support company growth, contractual compliance, and successful program execution.