Suborbital Launch Program Manager

Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc; Wallops Island (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc. seeks a Technical Mission Lead to manage sub-orbital sounding rocket missions, overseeing design, development, integration, testing, and launch across experiments.

Role involves coordinating with multiple teams and launch providers to ensure requirements are met throughout the mission lifecycle. The candidate will maintain safety compliance, generate statements of work, and track subcontractor schedules while reporting progress to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bacheloris degree from an accredited college in Engineering.
• 8 years of experience in mission planning/mission management/mission execution related to test and evaluation of sub-orbital launch vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with experiment teams, integrators, and launch vehicle providers to meet mission requirements.
• Facilitate technical exchanges between vehicle providers and experimenters across mission lifecycle (Requirements Gathering, Mission Planning, Design, Fabrication, Testing, and Launch Operations).
• Maintain communication with Prime Contractor leads to meet schedule, systems engineering, testing, mission planning, and execution requirements.
• Ensure missions comply with applicable safety requirements and standards.
• Create statements of work and task orders for Launch Vehicle Providers.
• Maintain schedule adherence with subcontractors via action trackers and giver/receiver lists.
• Report mission status to customer and Prime leadership on a recurring basis.
• Identify issues early to create and execute mitigation plans.

Skills

Problem solving

Critical thinking

Multi-project management

Self-motivation

Verbal & written communication

MS Office

US citizen

Security clearance

Driver's license

Education

Bacheloris degree in Engineering

Job description

Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services, Inc. seeks a Technical Mission Lead to manage sub-orbital sounding rocket missions, overseeing design, development, integration, testing, and launch across experiments.

Role involves coordinating with multiple teams and launch providers to ensure requirements are met throughout the mission lifecycle. The candidate will maintain safety compliance, generate statements of work, and track subcontractor schedules while reporting progress to leadership.