Mission Program Manager; Innovation Lab

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 only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only 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.

The Gloworks Innovation team is located within the Firefly CTO office and seeks to advance novel technology to TRL>5 so that it can be deployed to Engineering, as well as owns small technology and vehicle programs that fall beyond the scope of the Elytra, Blue Ghost, Alpha, and Eclipse program focus.

As an Innovation Team Mission Program Manager, you are the person who leads and organizes engineering, manufacturing and test activities, and leads program execution for complex missions and projects. You deliver engineered systems that solve challenging innovation and development problems on time and on budget. You are accountable for delivering hardware to the customer and delivering financial results to Firefly. The ideal candidate is someone who loves solving novel problems at a rapid pace, delivering first of their kind technology solutions.

• You will be responsible and accountable leading programs for on-time, on-budget delivery.
• You will maintain schedules, risk lists, procurement plans, subcontract plans, manpower plans, and budgets
• You will report regularly to Innovation Team Leadership Team and your customer
• You will track all internal and external deliverables, prepare and present formal and informal design and progress reviews
• You will work closely with Responsible Engineers to ensure that systems meet all requirements and achieve all milestones, while staying within budgetary constraints

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, management or related work experience
• 5+ years of project management experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams in complex technical environments
• Experience creating, maintaining, and managing detailed execution schedules

• Master’s degree in engineering or similar technical field
• Strong technical aptitude
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• Experience with rapid development projects
• Experience working with US Government customers
• Proven ability to deliver on‑time, on‑budget
• Concept‑to‑launch experience on satellite missions
• Experience with aerospace environments other than traditional large prime contractors
• Experience with supply chain, manufacturing and lower tier suppliers
• Ability to determine what is needed to achieve program goals and leave business as usual behind

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.