Ground Software Manager, Spacecraft

• BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience developing, architecting, or delivering software systems supporting spacecraft, aerospace, defense, robotics, or other mission-critical operational environments.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience with direct responsibility for technical teams.
• Strong background in software systems engineering, software architecture, or technical leadership for large distributed software systems.
• Experience designing and deploying service-oriented, distributed, or microservice-based software architectures.
• Demonstrated experience translating operational concepts into software architectures, interface definitions, technical roadmaps, and execution plans.
• Experience managing software programs throughout the complete engineering lifecycle, including requirements development, architecture, verification, validation, deployment, operations, and sustainment.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based and on-premises deployment architectures for mission-critical software systems.
• Experience collaborating across multidisciplinary organizations including software, systems engineering, operations, IT, and cybersecurity.
• Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts across engineering disciplines, customers, and executive leadership.

• Experience supporting national security space programs or classified spacecraft missions.
• Experience leading the development or operation of spacecraft ground segments for operational missions.
• Experience with mission planning systems, flight dynamics software, spacecraft scheduling, command generation, or mission automation systems.
• Experience designing telemetry processing pipelines and transforming raw spacecraft telemetry into derived engineering and science data products.
• Familiarity with spacecraft communications protocols and standards including CCSDS telemetry, telecommand, CFDP, SLE, SDLS, or related technologies.
• Experience with cloud-native software deployment using Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, or similar technologies.
• Experience with high-volume telemetry systems, streaming data platforms, messaging architectures, or time-series databases.
• Experience with networking, enterprise identity management, cybersecurity frameworks, and secure deployment of operational software systems.
• Experience supporting mission readiness reviews, mission rehearsals, launch campaigns, anomaly investigations, and real-time mission operations.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Active security clearance or eligibility to obtain one.

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

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Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.

of State.

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