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Safety and Mission Assurance Manager

Job in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 94306, USA
Listing for: Lanteris Space Systems Intuitive Machines Company
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-24
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 151000 - 251000 USD Yearly USD 151000.00 251000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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Lanteris Space Systems is seeking a Safety and Mission Assurance Manager to join our team in Palo Alto, CA. This is a technical leadership position reporting to the VP Mission Assurance. You will provide senior technical leadership ensuring the contractual Mission Assurance Plan (MAP) is executed and implement on assigned Spacecraft Programs. Including that the design, performance, reliability, and quality meets the expectation of the customer.

Responsibilities:

Drive major quality issue closure to program schedule

Plan and execute Product Assurance (PA) activities on complex spacecraft programs

Provides senior representation for major spacecraft reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, FRR, etc); provide input to solutions during early stages of implementation and design to increase technical strength maximizing likelihood of mission success

Effectively manage cross functional Product Assurance team (e.g., Parts, Materials, Safety and Reliability Engineering) to deliver program PA requirements

Manage customer PA meetings and drive action item and NCR closure

Provides consultation to engineering organizations to ensure proposed technical solutions are consistent with Intuitive Machines and customer expectations.

Provide risk assessments for PA deliverables

Ensures implications of anomalies on one spacecraft (on ground or on orbit) are assessed and corrective actions implemented on assigned programsSCQE (Spacecraft Quality Engineering) activities for assigned programs

Lead PA Improvement activities

Define and monitor SMA (Safety and Mission Assurance) costs for assigned programs

Skills:

Project Management Customer Management and Communication

Experience with Intuitive Machines Systems and MS tools

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Can demonstrate skill in risk identification and risk mitigation plans

Minimum Requirements:

Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearanceBS in an engineering or STEM discipline. An additional four years of experience may be substituted for a degree
15 years of related work experience
15 years of experience in one of the following areas if no experience in Safety and Mission Assurance:

Spacecraft systems engineering, spacecraft architecture, and spacecraft operations

Space Environments, parts, materials, and processes

Electrical engineering design of power electronics, digital electronics RF/Microwave Communication designs for spacecraft

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position within California is: $ - $ annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply , submit your application via the Lanteris Space Systems Career page.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action…
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