Mission Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States. The role is based at a hirify.global site in North America and involves travel to launch pads, customer sites, and overseas locations including New Zealand. U.S. office roles require eligibility under ITAR regulations.

Base salary: $116,800–$160,600 USD annually. Total compensation including equity: $137,075–$196,275 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for commercial and government missions.

What you will do

• Manage multiple customer missions across technical, programmatic, and financial milestones.
• Oversee hands-on payload integration, including fit checks, dispenser integration, and launch vehicle integration.
• Lead customer milestone reviews such as mission design and test readiness reviews.
• Develop and verify launch vehicle-to-payload spacecraft Interface Control Documentation.
• Support business development through proposal input, lead generation, and technical sales engineering reviews.
• Maintain customer communication, represent the company at industry events, and help develop Mission Integrators.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical discipline; mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of mission management or technical program management experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance required.
• Hardware integration or project management experience on launch vehicle or spacecraft projects.
• For U.S. office work, eligibility to access ITAR-regulated technology is required.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to launch sites and customer locations.

Nice to have

• Experience with suborbital or hypersonic payloads.
• Previous ITAR experience and establishment of Technical Assistance Agreements.
• Mission management or mission integration experience.
• Experience working hands-on with complex mechanical systems and reading mechanical and electrical drawings.
• Technical writing, presentation, organizational, and customer-facing sales support skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock purchase program with a 15% discount and equity included in total compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and a zero-cost HDHP option with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match and flexible spending accounts.
• Employee discounts, subsidized EV charging, fitness and gym benefits, snacks, and beverages.
• Work includes prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, and computer work, with occasional exposure to noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.