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.
A true ghost story. 👻💙
Our Blue Ghost lander made history haunting the Moon’s near side in 2025, but its spirit remains here on Earth, planning its next scare on the far side.
Happy Halloween from Blue Ghost and the Firefly team!
A true ghost story. 👻💙
Our Blue Ghost lander made history haunting the Moon’s near side in 2025, but its spirit remains here on Earth, planning its next scare on the far side.
Happy Halloween from Blue Ghost and the Firefly team!
Our missions are powered by our incredible team members and the family and friends who stand by them.
Over the weekend, we welcomed our Firefly families to our Rocket Ranch in Briggs, TX, for a fun-filled day of celebration and a behind-the-scenes look at the work that brings us closer to the stars.
To the families and friends who support us, THANK YOU! Together, we’re building the future of space exploration for generations to come. 🌎✨
Our missions are powered by our incredible team members and the family and friends who stand by them.
Over the weekend, we welcomed our Firefly families to our Rocket Ranch in Briggs, TX, for a fun-filled day of celebration and a behind-the-scenes look at the work that brings us closer to the stars.
To the families and friends who support us, THANK YOU! Together, we’re building the future of space exploration for generations to come. 🌎✨
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.
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.
Manager, Spacecraft Mission Execution
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.
SUMMARY
Firefly is seeking an experienced Manager, Spacecraft Mission Execution to lead a team of Mission Managers responsible for the technical and programmatic execution of customer missions across our spacecraft programs, including lunar landers and orbital vehicles. This individual will be an experienced spacecraft mission leader with a strong background in mission integration, payload integration, launch vehicle integration, systems engineering, integration and test, and mission operations.
The Manager, Spacecraft Mission Execution will be responsible for the performance, development, and technical leadership of the Mission Management team while providing senior-level oversight and support for the company’s most complex and strategically important missions. This role will ensure Mission Managers successfully execute customer missions from early formulation and requirements definition through integration, test, launch, and mission operations.
The successful candidate will combine strong people leadership with deep technical and programmatic judgment, providing mentorship and escalation support to Mission Managers, driving consistent execution across missions, and representing Mission Management in cross-functional and leadership-level decisions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of Mission Managers responsible for customer mission execution across Firefly spacecraft programs.
- Provide technical and programmatic leadership, mentorship, and escalation support to Mission Managers across missions of varying complexity.
- Assign Mission Managers to programs and customer missions based on mission complexity, technical needs, workload, experience, and development opportunities.
- Establish expectations, provide regular feedback and coaching, conduct performance management, and support career development and progression of Mission Management personnel.
- Drive accountability across the Mission Management team for successful execution of customer commitments, mission milestones, technical deliverables, and overall mission objectives.
- Maintain visibility across the Mission Management portfolio and ensure mission requirements, interfaces, risks, customer commitments, schedules, and key decisions are effectively managed.
- Ensure consistent technical rigor and execution across missions, including requirements management, interface management, verification, integration and test, launch, and mission operations.
- Support Mission Managers in the resolution of complex multidisciplinary technical and programmatic issues spanning spacecraft subsystems, payloads, launch vehicles, ground systems, and operations.
- Review and provide guidance on significant mission-level decisions, requirement changes, waivers, deviations, technical trades, and risks with potential impacts to spacecraft performance, safety, cost, schedule, or mission success.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for NASA, DoD, government, commercial, and other customers and partners when issues require management or cross-organizational resolution.
- Provide technical leadership and coaching for major customer and mission reviews, including design reviews, integration reviews, test readiness reviews, launch readiness reviews, and mission readiness reviews.
- Partner closely with spacecraft engineering, program management, ATLO, mission operations, supply chain, contracts, business development, and other organizations to drive successful mission execution.
- Balance resources and priorities across concurrent missions and identify staffing, capability, or organizational gaps that could affect successful execution.
- Develop and continuously improve Mission Management standards, processes, tools, templates, and best practices across spacecraft programs.
- Capture and apply lessons learned across missions to improve execution, technical decision-making, and customer experience.
- Support new mission formulation, proposals, technical evaluations, customer engagements, and assessment of mission feasibility and execution approach.
- Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and development of Mission Management personnel.
- Represent the Mission Management organization in cross-program technical and organizational initiatives and provide recommendations to leadership regarding mission feasibility, execution strategy, organizational capability, staffing, and risk.
- Provide senior-level support and oversight for particularly complex, high-value, or strategically important missions, including serving as an escalation point for significant technical, programmatic, or customer issues.
- Some travel (<25%) may be required.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or related technical field.
- 12+ years of experience in aerospace, spacecraft, launch vehicles, payload integration, systems engineering, integration and test, mission operations, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience managing spacecraft missions across the mission lifecycle, including formulation, design, integration and test, launch, and flight operations.
- Extensive experience leading complex spacecraft missions, payload integrations, launch vehicle integrations, or similar multidisciplinary aerospace efforts.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing technical personnel, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, and career development.
- Demonstrated experience serving as a senior technical and programmatic interface with NASA, DoD, government, commercial, or other aerospace customers.
- Deep understanding of spacecraft systems engineering, mission integration, requirements management, interface management, verification, integration and test, launch, and mission operations.
- Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent missions and effectively prioritize resources, risks, and organizational needs.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through complex technical issues and high-consequence mission decisions.
- Strong understanding of aerospace qualification, acceptance testing, mission assurance, range safety, and system safety processes and standards.
- Demonstrated ability to assess technical decisions at the mission and system level, including impacts to performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Strong people leadership skills, including the ability to establish expectations, provide actionable feedback, develop personnel, address performance issues, and build effective teams.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, customers, executives, and external organizations.
Desired
- Master’s degree in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, or related field.
- Previous formal people-management experience within an aerospace or highly technical organization.
- Experience leading lunar, deep-space, or other highly complex spacecraft missions.
- Experience leading multi-payload or multi-customer missions.
- Experience with NASA, DoD, or other government mission environments.
- Experience with proposals, business development, mission formulation, customer negotiations, and contract development.
- Experience developing organizational processes, technical standards, staffing strategies, or mission integration best practices.
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.