Systems Configuration Engineer II

Firefly Aerospace, Inc.

Cedar Park (TX)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

16 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision plans

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is seeking a System Configuration Engineer to own vehicle‑level configuration management, oversee top‑level CAD integration, and manage milestone schedules.

You will coordinate with design, manufacturing, and integration engineers, translating programmatic changes into actionable items and deliverables to keep programs on track. The role requires BS/MS in aerospace/mechanical engineering with strong GD&T, DFA/DFM, and PM tools experience; willingness to travel; and

Qualifications

BS in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline 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 working knowledge of fabrication and assembly methodologies, production management tools, and quality control processes.
Fundamental understanding across 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
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
Experience tailoring the SMC, AFSPCM equivalent range documents

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.

Skills

CAD design

GD&T

Design for manufacturing

Public speaking

Leadership

Communication

Travel flexibility

Education

BS in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

MS in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Bitbucket

Job description

At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands‑on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.

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Our Values

Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.

Passion

Fireflies believe in perseverance, responsiveness, and mentoring others with a focus on inspiring a better future.

Accountability

Fireflies act with integrity and take ownership of our actions, commitments, decisions, and outcomes.

Fireflies work in alignment across teams and communicate clearly with mutual respect for one another.

Fireflies deliver high-quality work through technical rigor and timely disciplined execution for our customers.

We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.

Space for You

Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
3-month sabbatical for every 5 years of service
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
Mental health services
Paid military leave

Space for Your Family

12 weeks paid maternity leave
4 weeks paid spouse leave
$20k towards family planning: fertility, surrogacy, adoption
Dog friendly workplace

Space for Your Career

$10k/year towards trade school or college
Ongoing coaching to advance leadership skills
Employee-ownership with stock bonuses
4% Safe Harbor 401(k) matching
$10k bonus for home purchase in Cedar Park, Texas

Job Openings

From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.

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.

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing. 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
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, 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.

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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.

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