Mission Manager II / III
On-siteCedar Park, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other payload customers. Manage development and coordination of key mission performance and interface requirements, including building Interface Control Documents for customer payload and spacecraft interfaces. Lead technical interchange meetings and design reviews while coordinating hardware and software activities for fit checks, integration, acceptance testing, and operations planning. Manage technical issues related to form, fit, and function across payload loads, dynamic environments, thermal, EMI/EMC, radiation, mass properties, mechanical and electrical interfaces, software APIs, and operations. Work closely with each engineering discipline to generate and evaluate analysis factors of safety and test plans meeting Range and Mission Assurance requirements. Some travel (<10%) may be required.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field
- Experience integrating payloads or spacecraft
- 3+ years experience in the aerospace industry
- Experience working as the primary interface with an external aerospace customer or internal product team
- Basic working knowledge of aerospace qualification and acceptance testing defined by GEVS
- Basic working knowledge of AFSPCMAN 91-710, MIL-STD-882, RCC-319-14 and NASA Standards 8719.13
- Excellent communications skills (written and oral)
- Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings to peers, management, and external customers
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- Experience integrating payloads onto spacecraft or spacecraft to launch vehicles
- Experience with deployment mechanisms or with robotics and actuators for spacecraft
- Experience working with vendors
- Experience in writing proposals and in business development
- Experience with risk management and change control
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