Project Manager

Aegis Aerospace; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aegis Aerospace is seeking a Project Manager in Webster, Texas for the Space Flight Systems team to lead the integration of customer experiments for commercial space missions and lunar surface missions.

The PM serves as the primary customer contact during integration and as the NASA point of contact for ISS integration, coordinating requirements, schedules, and documentation while performing hands-on work with flight hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or STEM field.
• 5+ years in space industry leading development, manufacturing, and certification of spaceflight equipment.
• 10+ years of experience managing complex projects.
• Strong time management and project management skills.
• Experience with ISS payload integration and safety processes.
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency and ability to pass government background check.

Responsibilities

• Deliver MISSE ship-sets and related documentation and reports on time and on-budget.
• Ensure design, production, assembly, integration, and test work is performed safely, accurately, and to high quality standards.
• Work closely with customers to ensure MISSE service meets their needs and expectations.
• Assist and/or co-lead sales, marketing, and proposal efforts.
• Support development of lunar testing services and products.
• Manage, supervise, lead, and mentor employees.
• Work collaboratively with senior leadership.

Skills

Project management

Spaceflight experience

ISS payload integration

Schedule management

Customer coordination

Team leadership

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or STEM

Job description

Project Manager
Location: Webster, Texas (Houston area)
Relocation Assistance:Not available at this time

Remote/ Telework: No- Onsite required
Citizenship Requirement: Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and able to pass a government background check.

Work Schedule: Day Shift

Position Summary

Aegis Aerospace is seeking a Project Manager for its Space Flight Systems team. This role leads a team of individuals who are responsible for the analytical and physical integration of customer experiments for commercial space missions and lunar surface missions. The project manager serves as the primary customer contact during integration and as the NASA point of contact for completing the International Space Station (ISS) integration process.

SFS delivers Aegis Aerospace’s commercial Space Testing as a Service (STaaS) offerings. Customers use these missions to establish spaceflight heritage for products, reduce technology risk, and conduct research in orbit and on the Moon. The team’s platforms include commercial platforms attached to the ISS, the M1 free-flying satellite bus, and future lunar surface platforms.

This position combines customer coordination, requirements and schedule management, technical documentation, and hands‑on work with flight hardware. Overall responsibility for MISSE services, equipment, and operations, including customer service and satisfaction, experiment integration, ground and on‑orbit operations, system upgrades, process improvement, and P&L. Specific key responsibilities include:

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver each MISSE ship-set and related documentation and reports on time and on-budget
• Ensure all design, production, assembly, integration, and test work is performed safely, accurately, and to the highest quality standards
• Work closely with customers to ensure that the MISSE service is meeting their needs and expectations
• Assist and/or co-lead sales, marketing, and proposal efforts
• Support development of lunar testing services and products
• Manage, supervise, lead, and mentor employees
• Work collaboratively and closely with senior leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or another STEM field.
• At least five years recent space industry experience that includes leading the development, manufacturing, and certification of spaceflight equipment
• At least 10 years of successful experience managing complex projects
• Strong time management and project management skills.
• Experience with ISS payload integration and safety processes.
• Dependable, self-motivated, and accountable.
• Comfortable working with senior executives, scientists, engineers, and customers.
• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency and the ability to pass a government background check

About Aegis Aerospace

We are a woman-owned space and technology company headquartered in Webster,TX. Our primary objective is to support the Department of Defense and NASA in achieving their missions to defend the security of our country, reach new heights and to discover the unknown. We employ some of the brightest, most experienced engineering and technology experts in the U.S.

To learn more about Aegis Aerospace, visit our website at http://www.AegisAero.com

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veteran