Senior Manager, Spacecraft Systems

Location: On-site at hirify.global’s headquarters in Long Beach, California, United States. Travel up to 20% and support for 24/7 console operations, including nights, weekends, holidays, and critical mission milestones.

Salary: $170,000–$242,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global develops human space stations, spacecraft, satellite products, and space infrastructure for government, corporate, and private customers, including the Haven Station program.

What you will do

• Own operational readiness and successful execution for multiple crewed and uncrewed missions across commissioning, routine operations, anomaly response, and deorbit.
• Translate customer and internal requirements into Concepts of Operations and detailed mission timelines.
• Lead the Haven mission operations team, defining roles, interfaces, operating rhythms, and decision processes.
• Grow, hire, mentor, and coach Mission Operations Engineers while managing technical development and performance.
• Lead development of flight rules, procedures, mission timelines, go/no-go criteria, and scalable mission operations software and tooling.
• Monitor on-orbit spacecraft performance, resolve anomalies through escalation and root-cause investigation, maintain console certification, and support 24/7 console shifts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace, mechanical, or another engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years operating complex systems in spaceflight, aerospace, defense, or other high-reliability environments.
• Experience in human spaceflight mission operations, such as ISS flight control, commercial crew operations, or a comparable crewed program.
• Experience as a flight controller or console operator for a crewed or complex uncrewed vehicle.
• 3+ years of leadership experience as a people manager, technical lead, or both, including mentoring and developing engineers.
• Experience working across engineering disciplines to resolve operational issues.
• Experience briefing senior leadership and customers on complex technical issues, including anomalies, with clear and decisive recommendations.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR, defined as a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or protected individual under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3).

Nice to have

• Experience building or substantially reshaping an operations team, process, or system in a fast-moving organization.
• Experience in spacecraft design, build, test, and integration environments.
• Familiarity with satellite or crew vehicle mission lifecycles from early trades through flight.
• Experience developing operations products such as flight rules and procedures.
• Experience with mission operations software, automation, or tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time exempt employment with company equity and comprehensive employee benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, and paid time off.
• Exempt staff receive up to 20+ vacation days, with the ability to cash out unused vacation annually.
• Additional benefits include ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare, discounts, free snacks and drinks, an on-site barista, free dinner meals, and subsidized lunch.