BlackSky - Senior Satellite Launch Manager
Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience • 8 years of direct Project Management Experience or related experience • Experience working complex systems with hardware and integrated software dependencies • Experience working with launch providers as a mission manager or launch integration lead • Highly skilled at managing schedules with critical dependencies and requirements or system engineering • Ability and willingness to travel up to 50% to support launch activities both in our Tukwila facility and Launch sites • Experience with aerospace systems • Possess strong team leadership and inter-team cooperation and organization skills • Experience with development of launch provider artifacts • Experience presenting information to external customers a plus • Hardware and test lab experience a plus • Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes: • Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes • Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance • BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses! • 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more • 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match • Flexible Spending Accounts • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs • Employer matching donations • Professional development • The anticipated salary range for Senior level candidates in Washington State is $130,000 - 160,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Washington state.
Responsibilities
• Oversee the full scope of launch contracting, documents and deliverables and scheduling • Develop integrated plans and schedules to support the testing and artifacts required to support launch. • Own daily tasking and deconfliction of activities within areas of responsibility associated with the launch campaign • Develop a training program for team members to support launch campaigns inclusive of defining roles and responsibilities, test procedures and best practices. • Support the overall campaign as the onsite launch lead representative • Serve as a main point of contact to grow relationships with launch providers and track longer term opportunities associated with the launch vendors. • Proactively identify risks associated with launch schedule and integration campaign and work mitigations. • Lead release gate process for satellite buy off for flight. • Interface with the engineering teams to evaluate compliance with the specification and opportunities to improve the subsystem to benefit business and schedule performance. • Track action items and schedules across engineering teams, including maintaining accurate logs of design release status. • Coordinate with the procurement team to support ordering and receipt of build to print parts in support of the necessary launch vehicle interfaces. • Shepard the engineering team through key milestone reviews including, but not limited to, Preliminary Design, Critical Design, Test Readiness, and early production deliveries, as well as launch readiness review. • Manage reports and support development of standard documentation with respect to satellite qualification and flight testing to share with providers. • Interface with the full system level schedule and identify key milestones to manage risk. • Facilitate and become an expert in satellite site testing including developing training material for other team members.
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