Mission Manager, Spacecraft & Payload Integration

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace in Texas is seeking an experienced Mission Manager to oversee programs such as payload integration, launch vehicle integration, and customer mission integration for our lunar lander and orbital vehicle programs. The role emphasizes strong systems and integration background, and collaboration with NASA, FAA, NOAA, and commercial customers.

The successful candidate will interface with engineering teams, manage interfaces, test plans, and risk assessments, and coordinate between

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field.
• 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 working knowledge of AFSPCMAN 91-710, MIL-STD-882, RCC-319-14 and NASA Standards 8719.13.
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings to peers, management, and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between the Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other payload customers.
• Manage the development and coordination of the 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 payload(s), 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

Systems integration

Communication skills

External customer liaison

Launch operations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Job description

Firefly Aerospace in Texas is seeking an experienced Mission Manager to oversee programs such as payload integration, launch vehicle integration, and customer mission integration for our lunar lander and orbital vehicle programs. The role emphasizes strong systems and integration background, and collaboration with NASA, FAA, NOAA, and commercial customers.

The successful candidate will interface with engineering teams, manage interfaces, test plans, and risk assessments, and coordinate between