Systems Configuration Engineer II

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 is seeking a System Configuration Engineer to own vehicle-level configuration management for Firefly products. You will manage top-level CAD, track changes, and ensure traceability across hardware, software, and test plans, coordinating with design, manufacturing and integration engineering.

You will lead the vehicle CAD integration, assembly hierarchy and drawings, review lower-level drawings, and ensure metadata accuracy.

Qualifications

• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline is required.
• 3+ years of hands-on CAD design and complex assembly management experience.
• Expert in GD&T, design for manufacturing and design for assembly.
• Strong knowledge of fabrication/assembly methodologies, production management tools and quality control processes.
• Understanding of mechanical, structural, materials, electrical, mechatronics, thermodynamics and propulsion principles.
• Willingness to travel and adapt to program milestones.

Responsibilities

• Own vehicle-level configuration management and ensure traceability across hardware, software and test plans.
• Oversee vehicle-level CAD integration, assembly hierarchy and drawings.
• Review and approve all lower-level assembly drawings.
• Collaborate with subsystem leads to ensure accurate metadata and materials.
• Coordinate CAD integration with GSE designs and publish test configurations.
• Manage Mass Growth Allowance and vehicle mass properties verification.
• Administer change review board and ensure documentation traceability.
• Drive release of CDR deliverables ahead of design freeze for each vehicle.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of design/manufacturing policies.

Skills

CAD design

GD&T

Assembly management

Fabrication knowledge

Materials knowledge

Education

BS in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

Scripting languages

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

As a Firefly System Configuration Engineer, you will be the key focal point for vehicle level configuration management of Firefly products. You will own top-level integrated CAD, and oversee all changes made to your assigned vehicle while owning milestone schedules. You will be responsible for maintaining configuration traceability across internal software suites. You will work with responsible design, manufacturing, and integration engineers, and dive deep into problems and processes across multiple engineering disciplines. It will be your job to translate programmatic change into actionable items and deliverables.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own configuration management for your vehicle, maintaining traceability between appropriate revisions of hardware assemblies, software, and test plans.
• Own the vehicle-level CAD integration, assembly hierarchy and assembly drawings.
• Serve as a reviewer and approver for all lower-level assembly drawings.
• Work directly with subsystem design leads to ensure complete & accurate metadata (materials, etc).
• Work with Manufacturing Engineering to ensure the CAD is integrated with GSE designs, and publish vehicle test configurations for test plan and procedure authoring.
• Own the Mass Growth Allowance process throughout the vehicle lifecycle, as well as vehicle mass properties predictions and verification plans.
• Administer the change review board, ensure all changes are properly documented before closure, and traceable to the appropriate configuration.
• Drive the release of all CDR deliverables ahead of the design freeze for each vehicle.
• Drive continual improvement to Firefly system design and manufacturing policies and practices, leading lessons learned, providing to and implementing feedback from design engineering teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• BS in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline required
• 3+ years of focused hands‑on experience with CAD design and complex assembly management, equivalent mechanical work will be considered.
• Expert in GD&T, design for manufacturing, and design for assembly.
• Strong working knowledge of fabrication and assembly methodologies, production management tools, and quality control processes.
• Exceptional comprehension of first principles in the following engineering disciplines; mechanical, structural dynamics, materials, electrical, mechatronics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, orbital mechanics, controls, and propulsion.
• Amenable to travel and schedule flexibility leading up to program milestone
• Good communication with all position levels within the company
• Exceptional public speaking and presentation skills

Desired

• MS in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent technical field
• Experience scripting languages and process automation
• Experienced on Agile Project Management using Atlassian tools (JIRA, confluence, bitbucket)
• Strong working knowledge of ASME, MIL, ASTM, and/or NASA Standards, as well as Systems Engineering best practices – able to adapt processes to meet the needs of the team
• Experience tailoring the SMC, AFSPCM equivalent range documents

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.