Mission Manager, Spacecraft & Payload Integration

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Relocation assistance

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX seeks an experienced Mission Manager to manage programs for spacecraft payload integration and launch vehicle interfaces. You will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams and external customers, including NASA, to ensure mission success from payload readiness to launch operations.

The role requires aerospace integration experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to interface with FAA, USAF, NASA, NOAA, and commercial customers.

Qualifications

• Experience integrating payloads or spacecraft.
• 3+ years’ experience in the aerospace industry.
• Experience working with an external aerospace customer or internal product team.
• Basic working knowledge of aerospace qualification and acceptance testing defined by GEVS.
• Basic/Advanced knowledge of AFSPCMAN 91-710, MIL-STD-882, RCC-319-14 and NASA Standards 8719.13.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other payload customers.
• Manage the development and coordination of key mission performance and interface requirements.
• Build and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICD) for interfaces between the customer payload and spacecraft.
• Manage technical issues related to form, fit, and function of the payloads, loads, dynamic environments, thermal, EMI/EMC, radiation, contamination, mass properties, mechanical interface, electrical interface, data interfaces, software APIs, and operations.
• Coordinate hardware and software related activities including fit checks, spacecraft integration, spacecraft acceptance testing, launch, and operations planning and execution for the full duration mission.
• Lead technical interchange meetings and design reviews with NASA and other customers. Some travel (<10%) may be required.
• Work closely with each engineering discipline within Firefly to help generate and evaluate acceptable analysis factors of safety and test plans that meet both Range requirements and Mission Assurance requirements.

Skills

Payload integration experience

Program management liaison

Systems engineering coordination

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Job description

Firefly Aerospace in Austin, TX seeks an experienced Mission Manager to manage programs for spacecraft payload integration and launch vehicle interfaces. You will coordinate cross-disciplinary teams and external customers, including NASA, to ensure mission success from payload readiness to launch operations.

The role requires aerospace integration experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to interface with FAA, USAF, NASA, NOAA, and commercial customers.