Capture Specialist (Aerospace)

Location: Houston, TX, US; full-time onsite role

Company

hirify.global is a space company developing cislunar capabilities and supporting public and private customers, including NASA and national security programs.

What you will do

• Lead capture planning for U.S. government pursuits, assessing customer priorities, acquisition timelines, competitors, capabilities, and gaps.
• Develop customer engagement and teaming strategies, value propositions, win themes, differentiators, and bid/no-bid recommendations.
• Analyze RFIs, RFPs, statements of work, evaluation criteria, and amendments; create outlines, compliance matrices, and contributor assignments.
• Own proposal execution, including schedules, reviews, resource coordination, action tracking, leadership updates, approvals, production, and on-time submission.
• Write and integrate executive summaries, technical and management narratives, past-performance descriptions, white papers, and other pursuit materials.
• Coordinate Engineering, Mission Management, Finance, Contracts, Legal, technical experts, editors, graphics contributors, and teaming partners to produce consistent, evidence-based proposals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, management, technical communication, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Five or more years of experience in capture, proposal management, business development, or technical program roles, including direct responsibility for competitive U.S. government proposals.
• Experience leading proposals from solicitation review through submission and contributing to capture strategy and opportunity qualification.
• Strong technical writing and editing skills, including the ability to interpret complex requirements and explain technical approaches to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional contributors, managing concurrent deadlines, and driving decisions and deliverables without direct supervisory authority.
• Working knowledge of federal acquisition and proposal evaluation processes, including building compliance matrices and applying solicitation instructions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, plus experience with collaborative document repositories and version-control practices.

Nice to have

• Experience capturing or proposing aerospace or defense programs for NASA or national security customers, including contributions to awards where the bidder was the prime contractor.
• Familiarity with spacecraft, lunar or cislunar missions, satellite communications, mission operations, or related space infrastructure.
• Experience leading complex, multi-volume proposals and coordinating prime contractor, subcontractor, or teaming partner contributions.
• Familiarity with FAR, DFARS, NASA FAR Supplement, ITAR, and EAR requirements relevant to proposal activities.
• Experience with Shipley or APMP methods, color-team reviews, and capture decision gates; APMP certification is a plus.
• Advanced Microsoft Word skills and experience with SharePoint or similar proposal collaboration tools.
• An active U.S. government security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a cross-functional Business Development environment supporting lunar delivery, spacecraft systems, communications and navigation services, and space infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Mission Management, Finance, Contracts, Legal, and other proposal contributors.
• Equal Opportunity employment consideration is provided without regard to legally protected characteristics.