Launch Campaign Director - Spaceflight Operations

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 195,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated leader to guide our fast-paced Launch Operations and Facilities team through each launch cycle. The role requires coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering and operations efforts while maintaining strict schedule and safety standards.

You will direct campaigns, manage maintenance, and work with program teams to optimize processes, budgets, and staffing for successful missions from pre-launch to post-launch phases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Engineering or Aircraft Operations.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering and operations teams.
• 5+ years of aerospace leadership across complex systems.
• Strong communication skills in technical work environments.
• Experience with Atlassian products like Confluence & Jira.

Responsibilities

• Direct launch campaigns from pre-vehicle arrival pad preparations, integrated vehicle checkouts and on-pad launch operations.
• Lead daily tag-ups for vehicle and pad campaign operations to ensure pad and vehicle work is on track.
• Manage pad preventative maintenance team to maximize pad availability and reduce operational costs.
• Identify opportunities to reduce launch campaign durations and scope.
• Develop Integrated Master Schedule for the vehicle and pad operations for each flight.
• Lead intermittent schedule status reviews with the Program Managers and executive leadership showing progress, forecast and schedule metrics.
• Develop financial and resource budgets to meet program directed launch cadences and upgrades.
• Participate or lead hiring activities for the launch operations and facility team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Aerospace leadership

Multidisciplinary teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Project Engineering/Aircraft Operations

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated leader to guide our fast-paced Launch Operations and Facilities team through each launch cycle. The role requires coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering and operations efforts while maintaining strict schedule and safety standards.

You will direct campaigns, manage maintenance, and work with program teams to optimize processes, budgets, and staffing for successful missions from pre-launch to post-launch phases.