Mission Architect, Space Systems & Launch Programs

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Mission Manager for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA to serve as the core technical and programmatic contact for a government customer from early studies through launch and on-orbit activation.

You will coordinate internal SpaceX personnel to support all mission phases, assist proposal efforts, and develop mission designs while ensuring alignment with contract requirements and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or science required.
• 5+ years in program management, project management, systems engineering, or operations.
• 2+ years experience with US government projects or acquisitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead all programmatic aspects of programs from contract award through integration, test, launch, and on-orbit operations to meet contract requirements.
• Support proposal efforts to align new work with long-term vision and engineering objectives, ensuring contract requirements are executable.
• Be primary contact for customer to resolve issues, negotiate requirements, coordinate changes, and maintain relationships.
• Plan and lead customer reviews with cross-company coordination, briefing technical content on complex designs, trade studies, risks, and issues.
• Collaborate with product engineering to understand vehicle readiness and impact of changes on requirements, risk, CONOPs, and launch dates.

Skills

Program management

Government contracts

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Mission Manager for Starshield in Hawthorne, CA to serve as the core technical and programmatic contact for a government customer from early studies through launch and on-orbit activation.

You will coordinate internal SpaceX personnel to support all mission phases, assist proposal efforts, and develop mission designs while ensuring alignment with contract requirements and customer needs.