Spacecraft Integration Manager

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

The Spacecraft Integration Manager leads integration and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver safe, efficient, and high-quality spacecraft builds. This role aligns engineering, production, and technician execution to meet program schedules while driving continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and manage Integration Engineers and Manufacturing Engineers, providing technical guidance, clear priorities, and defined work scope.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of manufacturing engineering work as new spacecraft programs are contracted.
• Coordinate with integration leads, planners, and program teams to ensure engineering and technician resources are aligned with build demand.
• Identify and drive process improvements within manufacturing engineering to improve quality, reliability, traceability, and efficiency.
• Temporarily act as Technician Supervisor when required, optimizing technician utilization to meet program priorities.
• Ensure technician workforce readiness through staffing coordination, daily execution support, and issue resolution.
• Define, maintain, and enforce a technician training and qualification matrix, including hazardous operations and safety-critical tasks.
• Partner with quality, safety, and operations teams to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in spacecraft, aerospace, or high-reliability hardware manufacturing, including 3+ years in a technical leadership or people management role.
• Experience in spacecraft, aerospace, or high-reliability hardware manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading engineers or technical teams in a production setting.
• Strong understanding of spacecraft assembly, integration, and test operations.

Preferred

• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity hardware production.
• Background in hazardous operations, technician training systems, or safety-critical environments.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent programs or scaling production operations.

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.