Leads cross-functional project tracking across hardware, software, manufacturing, launch, flight, and field deployment. Maintains project ownership, milestones, deadlines, obligations, and action items; briefs leadership; coordinates internal deliverables; analyzes balloon performance data; and ensures postmortems, process improvements, and documentation become durable organizational capabilities.

Design and own a system to scale balloon manufacturing by 100x. Collaborate with the CTO and R&D engineers to improve balloon performance and manufacturability, identify and resolve manufacturing issues, and train technicians on new procedures and tools. The role requires expertise in web handling and film converting machinery, mechanical CAD, physics, supplier collaboration, and industrial-scale thin-film processing.