Life at Firefly
At Firefly, we’re focused on making space attainable for everyone – including you! Each team member’s passion, dedication, and innovative ideas have a direct impact on fueling our successful trajectory into space. And there’s no shortage of meaningful projects to work on at Firefly. With launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles, Firefly has a diverse line of business with opportunities to get hands-on experience launching rockets, operating in space, and landing on the Moon.
What does SciTec bring to the Firefly family?
SciTec President David Simenc explains how its advanced defense technologies help protect our nation in this episode of Firefly FAQ.
Check it out!
What does SciTec bring to the Firefly family?
SciTec President David Simenc explains how its advanced defense technologies help protect our nation in this episode of Firefly FAQ.
Check it out!
Peep our Elytra orbiter being assembled in the cleanroom 👀.
This spacecraft is part of our Riders 2 the Dark mission — America`s first mission to land on the Moon`s far side.
Without direct line-of-sight to Earth, communication on the far side is impossible without a relay. That`s where our Elytra orbiter comes in 🛰️. Elytra will serve as a transfer vehicle and communications bridge between Blue Ghost and Earth, enabling critical science operations on the lunar surface and setting the stage for future missions.
Peep our Elytra orbiter being assembled in the cleanroom 👀.
This spacecraft is part of our Riders 2 the Dark mission — America`s first mission to land on the Moon`s far side.
Without direct line-of-sight to Earth, communication on the far side is impossible without a relay. That`s where our Elytra orbiter comes in 🛰️. Elytra will serve as a transfer vehicle and communications bridge between Blue Ghost and Earth, enabling critical science operations on the lunar surface and setting the stage for future missions.
Start your week with another Manufacturing Minute! Our Quality Metrologist, Chase Auker, takes us behind the scenes to show how laser trackers measure rocket and spacecraft components with incredible accuracy.
Start your week with another Manufacturing Minute! Our Quality Metrologist, Chase Auker, takes us behind the scenes to show how laser trackers measure rocket and spacecraft components with incredible accuracy.
This World Space Week, remember to look up and imagine what`s possible. Because every great leap forward starts with a bold idea💡.
Dream bigger. Go farther.
#WorldSpaceWeek
This World Space Week, remember to look up and imagine what`s possible. Because every great leap forward starts with a bold idea💡.
Dream bigger. Go farther.
#WorldSpaceWeek
Happy National Manufacturing Day! 🛠️
Today, we’re celebrating the people who make it all happen.
From building spacecraft components and rocket engines to assembling and testing launch vehicles, our manufacturing teams bring incredible skill, care, and pride to their work every day.
Swipe ➡️ to see our incredible manufacturing team taking us beyond Earth.
Happy National Manufacturing Day! 🛠️
Today, we’re celebrating the people who make it all happen.
From building spacecraft components and rocket engines to assembling and testing launch vehicles, our manufacturing teams bring incredible skill, care, and pride to their work every day.
Swipe ➡️ to see our incredible manufacturing team taking us beyond Earth.
Say hello to RTx 👋🏼
RTx is a ground-penetrating radar transmitter on the @mbrspacecentre`s Rashid Rover 2.
Flying aboard our Riders 2 the Dark mission, RTx will transmit signals that can probe up to 100 meters below the Moon’s surface. These signals will be received by NASA`s LuSEE-Night instrument on our Blue Ghost lander, helping scientists better understand the history and presence of minerals on the Moon.
RTx is a collaboration between Brookhaven National Laboratory, Heliospace Corp. and Southwest Research Institute.
Say hello to RTx 👋🏼
RTx is a ground-penetrating radar transmitter on the @mbrspacecentre`s Rashid Rover 2.
Flying aboard our Riders 2 the Dark mission, RTx will transmit signals that can probe up to 100 meters below the Moon’s surface. These signals will be received by NASA`s LuSEE-Night instrument on our Blue Ghost lander, helping scientists better understand the history and presence of minerals on the Moon.
RTx is a collaboration between Brookhaven National Laboratory, Heliospace Corp. and Southwest Research Institute.
The engine powering Alpha`s first stage is truly out of this world. Swipe to learn what makes Reaver special ➡️
The engine powering Alpha`s first stage is truly out of this world. Swipe to learn what makes Reaver special ➡️
More cleanroom space. More spacecraft in production. More missions. Endless possibilities. 🌙 ✨
Our Values
Headquartered in the Lone Star State, Firefly’s hardworking team reflects Texas’ GO BIG culture in everything we do. We build big, achieve big, and dream big. We’re building launch vehicles and spacecraft to provide rapid, reliable space access. We’ve achieved some incredible wins, including the first successful commercial Moon landing. And we’re dreaming bigger than this planet with ambitions to Mars, Venus, and beyond. Our core values are what drive us along the way.
Our Benefits
We take care of our Fireflies with some of the best benefits in the industry. Our mission to make space for everyone starts with our employees and allowing them to make space for their family, their career, and their future.
Job Openings
From launch technicians to propulsion engineers, Firefly has open roles across the company. We’re looking for passionate, bright innovators to join our team and help make space an achievable dream for everyone.
Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics II / III
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.
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 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.
SUMMARY
A Firefly Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics is responsible for the design, development, and testing of avionics systems on our spacecraft. In this role, you develop the avionics systems, requirements verifications, and component/system level test campaigns. You also help developed and design the HIL system in order to verify functionality before spacecraft integration, interfacing with software, mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to ensure the proper functionality of the integrated solution. You are responsible for developing and executing development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day and on-orbit operations. You will be responsible for assisting the AIT team in proving-out functionality of all avionics systems onboard the integrated vehicles. Previous spacecraft experience is highly preferred and electrical hands on experience is required. This role relies on strong electrical engineering principals in both analog and digital.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own the entire process of designing the electrical architecture, testing and integrating avionics components onto the spacecraft
- Support assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch integration, and on-orbit operations
- Intuitively understand the intention behind design decisions, and direct assembly and test operations based on those intentions
- Write and execute vehicle assembly procedures and electrical system functional validation processes
- Lead high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future spacecraft
- Develop design verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute
- Recommend spacecraft function and reliability upgrades based on experience
- Requirement writing and verification for spacecraft avionics
QUALIFICATIONS
Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics II Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- 3 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
- Experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
- Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
- Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
- Requirement writing and verification
- Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
- Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
- Experience with Python
Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics III Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- 5 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
- Experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
- Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
- 2 yrs Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
- 2 yrs Requirement writing and verification
- Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
- Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
- Experience with Python
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess one or more of the following:
- Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations
- Experience with Power engineering, design, budgeting, and test
- Experience in software engineering, especially C, C++, Python, and Labview
- Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills
- Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis
- Experience in PCB and Hardware design
- Experience in the V-model design methodology
- Experience in Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Experience in GND and Bonding design of spacecraft
- Experience with environmental analysis and testing, including thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, shock, and vibration
- Familiar with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing
- Familiar with MIL-STD461 EMC Testing
- Ability to collaborate effectively with other engineering disciplines and regulatory authorities.
Primary Level Salary Range:
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 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.
SUMMARY
A Firefly Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics is responsible for the design, development, and testing of avionics systems on our spacecraft. In this role, you develop the avionics systems, requirements verifications, and component/system level test campaigns. You also help developed and design the HIL system in order to verify functionality before spacecraft integration, interfacing with software, mechanical, propulsion, fluids, and structures teams to ensure the proper functionality of the integrated solution. You are responsible for developing and executing development schedules, system-level test and operations plans, and supporting launch day and on-orbit operations. You will be responsible for assisting the AIT team in proving-out functionality of all avionics systems onboard the integrated vehicles. Previous spacecraft experience is highly preferred and electrical hands on experience is required. This role relies on strong electrical engineering principals in both analog and digital.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own the entire process of designing the electrical architecture, testing and integrating avionics components onto the spacecraft
- Support assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch integration, and on-orbit operations
- Intuitively understand the intention behind design decisions, and direct assembly and test operations based on those intentions
- Write and execute vehicle assembly procedures and electrical system functional validation processes
- Lead high-level, functional design and development of avionics systems for the current and future spacecraft
- Develop design verification, qualification, and acceptance test plans, and coordinate with the other avionics and manufacturing engineers and technicians to execute
- Recommend spacecraft function and reliability upgrades based on experience
- Requirement writing and verification for spacecraft avionics
QUALIFICATIONS
Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics II Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- 3 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
- Experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
- Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
- Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
- Requirement writing and verification
- Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
- Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
- Experience with Python
Electrical Engineer - Spacecraft Avionics III Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- 5 years of experience working with aerospace component development, testing, integration, or operations
- Experience in electrical engineering in both analog and digital circuit design, including usage of test equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, signal generators, electronic loads, multimeters, and interpreting electrical schematics
- Experience performing trade studies and sensitivity studies to select the best architecture option
- 2 yrs Hands-on experience with prototyping circuits and testing
- 2 yrs Requirement writing and verification
- Experience in technical writing, proper documentation, and SOP creations
- Candidate must have a proactive mentality with the ability to self-start
- Experience with Python
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will possess one or more of the following:
- Experience with aerospace avionics system design, development, testing, or operations
- Experience with Power engineering, design, budgeting, and test
- Experience in software engineering, especially C, C++, Python, and Labview
- Experience with project planning, subcontractor management, and other project management skills
- Experience in industry standard root cause corrective analysis techniques, such as fault tree and fishbone analysis
- Experience in PCB and Hardware design
- Experience in the V-model design methodology
- Experience in Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Experience in GND and Bonding design of spacecraft
- Experience with environmental analysis and testing, including thermal cycling, thermal vacuum, shock, and vibration
- Familiar with NASA GEVS or SMC-016 environmental testing
- Familiar with MIL-STD461 EMC Testing
- Ability to collaborate effectively with other engineering disciplines and regulatory authorities.
Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, relocation benefits, 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.