Senior Space Program Manager — Mission Leadership

Qualis LLC; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off and Holidays

Education, professional development, &

Certification reimbursement

Job summary

Qualis LLC, based near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, seeks a Program Manager to provide overall leadership for NASA engineering services. The PM will interface with NASA as contractor and oversee end-to-end transportation of cargo, payloads, and Moon Base concepts.

You will lead systems engineering, mission operations, and technical support teams, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and staffing compliance. This role requires senior-level collaboration with NASA leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, aerospace, systems engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 20+ years of aerospace/space systems experience, including 10+ years in program or project management.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on complex spacecraft, launch, or mission operations programs.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering, requirements management, verification/validation, risk management, and configuration management.
• Experience with spacecraft, launch vehicles, OTVs, logistics transportation, payload integration, ground systems, and mission operations.
• Experience with NASA, commercial space providers, or government space organizations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, briefing, analytical, and customer-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary systems engineering, mission operations, mission analysis, integration, and technical support teams.
• Direct systems engineering and integration activities spanning launch site operations, launch vehicles, OTVs, logistics, payload integration, and ground systems.
• Coordinate NASA technical interfaces, reviews, meetings, tests, and mission operations observation.
• Ensure assessments provide NASA with information for concur/non-concur decisions on provider actions and readiness.
• Direct investigation/resolution of technical issues affecting missions and incorporate lessons learned.
• Develop staffing/resource/retention strategies to ensure access to aerospace expertise.
• Provide senior-level technical/programmatic recommendations to NASA leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Briefing

Analytical

Customer management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, aerospace, systems engineering, or related technical discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Qualis LLC, based near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, seeks a Program Manager to provide overall leadership for NASA engineering services. The PM will interface with NASA as contractor and oversee end-to-end transportation of cargo, payloads, and Moon Base concepts.

You will lead systems engineering, mission operations, and technical support teams, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and staffing compliance. This role requires senior-level collaboration with NASA leadership.