Space Systems PM: Software & Flight Ops Lead

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. seeks a Technical Project Manager in its Aerospace Software Engineering department to own planning, scheduling, and execution for software across Launch Vehicle programs.

You will report to the Director of Aerospace Software Engineering and bridge Flight Software, Ground Software, and GNC with hardware teams. This hands-on role builds and maintains schedules, tracks risks, and ensures software commitments are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in technical project management for complex engineering systems.
• Experience building and maintaining integrated schedules for software development.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to schedules, risks, and reviews.
• Basic proficiency in Python and SQL for data analysis or reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to translate technical details into plans.
• Proven collaboration across software, hardware, and test engineering teams.
• Aerospace or space systems experience, particularly in Flight Software, Ground Software, GNC, or spacecraft operations.
• Experience with Agile practices and hybrid workflows.
• Familiarity with configuration management and technical baseline maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain integrated schedules for software development across vehicle programs.
• Coordinate across software and hardware teams to reflect dependencies, hardware delivery, and test bench availability.
• Manage schedules, backlogs, and risks for software teams (Flight Software, Ground Software, GNC).
• Support staffing and resource planning with a data-driven view of department capacity.
• Maintain schedules for SRR, PDR, CDR, test campaigns, and flight readiness milestones.
• Prepare design review and program gate documentation by aggregating inputs from engineers.
• Tie software delivery dates to team capacity, hardware availability, and integration points.
• Interface with vehicle Program Management to surface issues and drive resolution.
• Track department risks, mitigation plans, and action items to closure.
• Maintain and automate program metrics dashboards.
• Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives for software teams.
• Maintain project information using Jira and Confluence.

Skills

Technical project management

Scheduling

Python

SQL

Jira

Confluence

Aerospace experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or CS

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. seeks a Technical Project Manager in its Aerospace Software Engineering department to own planning, scheduling, and execution for software across Launch Vehicle programs.

You will report to the Director of Aerospace Software Engineering and bridge Flight Software, Ground Software, and GNC with hardware teams. This hands-on role builds and maintains schedules, tracks risks, and ensures software commitments are met.