Senior Launch Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Seattle, Washington, with a hybrid schedule requiring two days per week in the office; remote candidates may be considered, with preference for local candidates. Travel to launch campaigns and the Tukwila facility is required, up to 50%.

Salary: $130,000–$160,000 per year for senior-level candidates in Washington State.

Company

hirify.global operates a space-based intelligence platform providing satellite imagery, automated analytics, and high-frequency monitoring for government and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Manage launch contracting, deliverables, integrated schedules, daily tasking, and activity coordination.
• Develop launch testing plans, training programs, procedures, best practices, and supporting documentation.
• Serve as the onsite launch lead and primary point of contact for launch providers and vendors.
• Identify launch schedule and integration risks, develop mitigations, and manage release gates for satellite flight approval.
• Coordinate engineering, procurement, testing, design reviews, production deliveries, and launch-readiness reviews.
• Manage satellite qualification and flight-testing reports and facilitate satellite site testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of direct project management or related experience.
• Experience with complex systems involving hardware and integrated software dependencies.
• Experience working with launch providers as a mission manager or launch integration lead.
• Strong schedule-management, systems-engineering, dependency-management, and requirements-management skills.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to launch sites and the Tukwila facility.

Nice to have

• Experience with aerospace systems and launch-provider artifacts.
• Team leadership, cross-functional cooperation, and organizational skills.
• Experience presenting information to external customers.
• Hardware and test-lab experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and AD&D insurance, with employee-only medical, dental, and vision premiums fully covered.
• Paid time off, company and floating holidays, volunteer leave, and parental leave.
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options with employer matching, flexible spending accounts, and an employee stock purchase program.
• Professional development, employee assistance, travel assistance, and matching donations.
• Employment is subject to U.S. Government ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, protected-individual status, or eligibility to obtain required authorizations.