Spacecraft Mission Operations Engineer

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

Join the team that just landed on the Moon. Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Mission Operations Engineer to join the team behind the successful lunar landing of Blue Ghost Mission 1. As part of our Flight Operations team, you will contribute to the planning, testing, and execution of real-time spacecraft operations for both the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander and Elytra, our expanding fleet of on-orbit vehicles.

This role is central to mission success spanning ground system integration and day-in-the-life spacecraft sims to live console operations during critical flight phases. You will help define how we fly, working across engineering teams to develop robust, fault-tolerant operations plans that scale from low Earth orbit to the lunar surface and beyond. As Elytra enters service and Blue Ghost prepares for future missions, you'll play a direct role in shaping the future of Firefly's flight operations.

If you're driven by technical excellence, mission ownership, and the opportunity to operate spacecraft that are rewriting what's possible, we want to hear from you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and test ground system architectures for mission ops execution
• Develop mission operations plans across all subsystems and ground assets
• Create and validate on-console procedures, processes, and scripts for nominal and contingency scenarios
• Build and support mission simulation campaigns that mirror in-space timelines and events
• Lead or support execution of flight operations from console, during prelaunch, transit, and landing
• Participate in end-to-end mission testing : Ground Readiness Tests, Scenario Testing, Day-in-the-Life, Simulations
• Apply systems engineering approaches to ensure traceability of mission objectives to operational readiness

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Desired

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.