Job Type
Full-time
Description
The
Mission Manager is responsible for planning and coordinating the activities required to successfully integrate Space Tango payloads with NASA and other launch providers. This role leads mission integration from early planning through launch, on-orbit operations, and payload return, ensuring mission requirements, documentation, readiness activities, and external interfaces remain on track.
Working closely with Engineering, Science, Mission Operations, and Lead Engineers, the Mission Manager coordinates the many activities required to prepare payloads for flight while serving as Space Tango's primary interface with NASA integration teams and other flight organizations.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys coordinating complex technical programs, solving logistical challenges, and working with multidisciplinary teams to prepare hardware for spaceflight.
Previous NASA or ISS experience is preferred but not required. We're looking for someone with strong technical project coordination, communication, and organizational skills who is excited to learn NASA integration processes and become an expert in spaceflight mission execution.
Travel is required to support launches, customer activities, partner integrations, and mission operations.
Key Responsibilities - Coordinate NASA integration activities from mission planning through payload return
- Manage mission timelines, readiness activities, and integration milestones
- Prepare and coordinate NASA documentation, safety packages, and mission deliverables
- Serve as Space Tango's primary interface with NASA integration teams and other flight organizations
- Coordinate launch site activities, payload turnover, and return logistics
- Support on-orbit mission execution and post-flight activities
- Work closely with Engineering, Science, Mission Operations, and Lead Engineers to ensure mission readiness
- Track mission risks, action items, and integration requirements
- Help improve Space Tango's mission integration processes and tools
Requirements
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required: - Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline
- Experience coordinating complex technical projects or multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Willingness to travel to support launches, customer activities, and mission operations
Preferred: - Experience in aerospace, engineering, manufacturing, laboratory operations, or another technical environment
- Experience working with technical documentation, regulated processes, or compliance requirements
- Familiarity with project management principles
- NASA, ISS, launch integration, or mission operations experience
- Familiarity with NASA or aerospace design standards and configuration management practices.
Interpersonal Skills - Ability to manage and prioritize multiple activities while maintaining focus on overall mission objectives
- Strong attention to detail with creative problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to coordinate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and external organizations
- Self-motivated with a strong commitment to mission and company success
- Willingness to learn new systems, processes, and technologies
- Calm and organized under time-sensitive deadlines and changing priorities
