Deputy Program Manager at Firefly Aerospace

About Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space – anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

Summary

As a Deputy Program Manager, you’ll play a critical role in driving the success of our Spacecraft Programs—from planning and execution to delivery. You’ll help lead efforts across scheduling, budgeting, resource management, and proposal development, ensuring every element stays on track, on budget, and aligned with our financial goals.

You'll collaborate with top-tier teams across supply chain, production operations, contracts, and scheduling to keep programs efficient, affordable, and mission-ready.

If you’re energized by meaningful work, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are excited to contribute to the future of space exploration, we want you on our team.

Responsibilities

• Support development and execution of program schedules and budget
• Supporting the management of program finances and accounting
• Working with our ERP system as the key tool of tracking material orders and costs
• Managing long leads and suppliers
• Managing program risks (ID, mitigate, track)
• Serve as point of contact for government and other payload customers, and represent Firefly at conferences, reviews, and investor meetings
• Measuring and reporting program performance
• Negotiating contracts, statements of work, etc.
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• BS in Aerospace Engineering or related engineering discipline
• Well organized and an ability to leverage and quickly master model tools like Jira and Confluence, in addition to basic MS tools like Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• 5+ years of experience in program management, preferably on US government spacecraft contracts
• Ability to effectively work in a multi-discipline team and provide leadership, guidance, and insight
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Demonstrated ability to track and improve program performance metrics
  
  

Desired

• Experience Integrating Payloads onto spacecraft or launch vehicles
• Experience with Supply Chain Management
• Experience with Proposal writing and Business Development efforts
• Experience with Risk Management
• Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, ERP systems, scheduling and finance databases, Power BI
  
  

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.

To conform to U.S. 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. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.