Manager, Electrical Engineering

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.

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.

A Senior Manager of Spacecraft Avionics at Firefly is responsible for leading the organization that delivers cutting-edge avionics design, development, and integration across all of Firefly’s spacecraft programs. In this role, you set the technical and operational direction for the spacecraft avionics teams supporting Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander programs, the SUV program, and future spacecraft contracts. You own system-level architecture trades, drive consistent avionics strategies across vehicles, and oversee the end-to-end integration, test, and launch operations timeline.

You build the processes, standards, and culture that enable the team to execute with speed, rigor, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities Lead and grow the spacecraft avionics engineering organization across multiple concurrent programs.

Set technical strategy and ensure consistent avionics architectures, technologies, and approaches across all spacecraft vehicles.

Guide high-level functional design, system trades, and development of avionics systems for current and future spacecraft.

Own the integration, test, and launch operations timeline and logistics for spacecraft avionics, coordinating across programs to deconflict priorities and protect critical milestones.

Develop and enforce procedures, processes, and guidelines that maximize team efficiency and technical quality, including standards for the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) facility and other hardware assets.

Mentor, coach, and develop direct reports (including other leads and senior engineers); manage performance, career growth, and training plans.

Partner closely with peer managers and cross-functional leaders (systems, propulsion, software, mission operations, etc.) to ensure clear, rapid communication and aligned execution.

Represent spacecraft avionics in program-level and company-level reviews, advocating for technical decisions, risk mitigations, and resource needs.

Drive continuous improvement in design processes, verification approaches, and team operating rhythms.

Qualifications Required Bachelor ’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent.
8+ years of experience in aerospace component development, avionics systems, testing, integration, or operations.
4+ years of experience leading engineering teams, with demonstrated success managing people, technical scope, schedules, and cross-functional interfaces.

Proven ability to drive system-level technical decisions and resolve competing priorities…