Firefly Aerospace engages in providing economical and convenient access to space for small payloads through the design, manufacture, and operation of reliable launch vehicles. Backed by Space Capital.
About the role
Eclipse is the medium-lift launch vehicle Firefly is developing with Northrop Grumman. The first flight vehicle is in build today, followed by rate production, and then a path to reusability. Taking a new launch vehicle from first article into rate production is a rare opportunity in this industry, and this role sits at the center of it. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Own the Eclipse integrated master schedule and the critical path to first stage delivery
- Run the execution cadence: daily standups, weekly sprints with must-win deliverables, and task-level tracking down to the manufacturing order
- Clear blockers the day they are raised, and keep the team supplied, informed, and focused
- Set milestone gate criteria and run the gates
- Manage inter-team and customer dependencies so hand-offs do not fail
- Own the tactical risk register and the issues list, and drive both to closure
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SUMMARY
Eclipse is the medium-lift launch vehicle Firefly is developing with Northrop Grumman. The first flight vehicle is in build today, followed by rate production, and then a path to reusability. Taking a new launch vehicle from first article into rate production is a rare opportunity in this industry, and this role sits at the center of it.
Firefly is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead execution on Eclipse. This person owns the integrated master schedule, the daily and weekly cadence, and the program's blocker list, serving as the Senior Director's execution partner and the program's most reliable source of ground truth. The work carries real visibility, reaching the CTO and the customer. The role is built to grow, with responsibility expanding as the program does.
Firefly also expects this Program Manager to build the tooling the program runs on: schedule and status dashboards, trackers, and automated reporting, with AI applied to the manual work of status consolidation and schedule analysis so that time goes to clearing blockers rather than producing reports.
The role is based at Firefly's Briggs, TX test and production site, where the hardware is...
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