James Klem
Senior Manager at SES in the Palo Alto office
- Role
- Senior Manager at SES Satellites
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About James Klem
I am an Engineering and Program/Project Management professional with 16+ years of experience. From facilities engineering at NASA Ames Research Center’s Life Sciences Division to System Engineering Manager at Space Systems Loral (SSL) I’ve held a wide variety of roles with increasing responsibility. I am people and client centric and am at home managing large multi-disciplinary projects to meet and exceed my customer’s expectations.Specialties: System Engineering, Project Management, Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Domestic and International Vendor Collaboration, Assembly Integration and Test Management
Experience
Senior Manager
Jul 2025 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US
Education
San José State University
Bachelor's degree, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
2000 — 2006
Stanford University
Certificate Program, Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM)
2015 — 2016
De Anza College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Automotive Engineering Technology/Technician
Skills
- Satellite Communications
- Engineering
- Orbital Mechanics
- Outlook
- System of Systems Engineering
- Aerospace
- Satellite
- Systems Engineering
- Systems Design
- Matlab
- Project Management
- Aerodynamics
- Manufacturing
- Continuous Improvement
- Testing
- Space Systems
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Research
- Trade Studies
- Requirements Management
- Integration
- Engineering Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- English
- Scrum
- Earned Value Management
- Flight Test
- System Design
- Microsoft Word
- Team Leadership
- Public Speaking
- Program Management
- System Architecture
- Propulsion
- Microsoft Office
- Customer Service
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Satellite Systems Engineering
- Leadership
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