Mission Manager - Neutron (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States; based at hirify.global Headquarters. Frequent travel to customer sites, launch pads, and overseas launch locations in Auckland, New Zealand and Wallops, Virginia.

Base pay range: $116,000–$160,000 USD per year for California.

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.
• Develop and verify launch vehicle-to-spacecraft Interface Control Documentation.
• Create and execute assembly and integration instructions.
• Coordinate directly with customers and technical staff to resolve mission questions.
• Support business development, technical sales reviews, public events, and the development of Mission Integrators.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a technical discipline; mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering preferred.
• At least 5 years of mission management experience and/or an engineering background in areas such as stress, fatigue, payloads, vibration, or thermal engineering.
• Hardware integration or project management experience on launch vehicle or spacecraft projects.
• Ability to travel to launch pads, customer sites, and overseas locations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.
• For U.S. office work, eligibility to access ITAR-regulated technology is required, including U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residence, qualifying refugee or asylum status, or applicable government authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with NSSL, NLS, CubeSats, SmallSats, or other small space payloads.
• ITAR experience, including establishing Technical Assistance Agreements.
• Experience with complex mechanical systems, mechanical and electrical drawings, and electrical or mechanical testing.
• Space-sector sales engineering experience and customer expectation management.
• Active DoD Secret clearance, strong presentation and technical writing skills, and solid interpersonal and organizational abilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee stock as part of total compensation and an Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including HMO, PPO, and a zero-cost HDHP option with HSA contributions.
• Paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, and a 401(k) with company match.
• Onsite fitness centers where available, subsidized EV charging, gym discounts, snacks and beverages, and employee discounts.
• Fast-paced work on rockets, spacecraft, launch sites, and complex space missions.