Firefly Aerospace
Spacecraft Payload Integration Manager
Firefly Aerospace, Cedar Park, Texas, United States, 78613
ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE
As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of 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
Firefly is seeking an experienced engineer to manage payload integration for our lunar lander program. This person ideally has systems, integration, test, and launch experience, specific to aerospace hardware. The successful candidate will leverage their advanced communication and relationship skills to interface with all engineering disciplines at Firefly involved in the development of a lunar lander as well as with outside organizations like the FAA, USAF, NASA, NOAA, and a variety of commercial customers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between the Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other lunar payload customers.
Manage the development and coordination of the key mission performance and interface requirements.
Build and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICD) for interfaces between the customer payload and spacecraft.
Manage technical issues related to form, fit, and function of the payload(s), loads, dynamic environments, thermal, EMI/EMC, radiation, contamination, mass properties, mechanical interface, electrical interface, data interfaces, software APIs, and operations.
Coordinate hardware and software related activities including fit checks, spacecraft integration, spacecraft acceptance testing, launch, and operations planning and execution for the full duration lunar mission.
Lead technical interchange meetings and design reviews with NASA and other customers. Some travel ( Work closely with each engineering discipline within Firefly to help generate and evaluate acceptable analysis factors of safety and test plans that meet both Range requirements and Mission Assurance requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
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.
Desired
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
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, pet Insurance, 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.
As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of 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
Firefly is seeking an experienced engineer to manage payload integration for our lunar lander program. This person ideally has systems, integration, test, and launch experience, specific to aerospace hardware. The successful candidate will leverage their advanced communication and relationship skills to interface with all engineering disciplines at Firefly involved in the development of a lunar lander as well as with outside organizations like the FAA, USAF, NASA, NOAA, and a variety of commercial customers.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as the primary engineering and programmatic interface between the Firefly engineering teams and NASA and other lunar payload customers.
Manage the development and coordination of the key mission performance and interface requirements.
Build and maintain Interface Control Documents (ICD) for interfaces between the customer payload and spacecraft.
Manage technical issues related to form, fit, and function of the payload(s), loads, dynamic environments, thermal, EMI/EMC, radiation, contamination, mass properties, mechanical interface, electrical interface, data interfaces, software APIs, and operations.
Coordinate hardware and software related activities including fit checks, spacecraft integration, spacecraft acceptance testing, launch, and operations planning and execution for the full duration lunar mission.
Lead technical interchange meetings and design reviews with NASA and other customers. Some travel ( Work closely with each engineering discipline within Firefly to help generate and evaluate acceptable analysis factors of safety and test plans that meet both Range requirements and Mission Assurance requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
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.
Desired
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
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, pet Insurance, 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.