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# Senior Manager, Mission Management

- **Company:** Relativity Space, Inc.
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $143,000.0 - $215,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Hardware Design
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fac68debd65307fd

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in launch services, spacecraft integration, systems engineering, or technical program management in the aerospace industry
 * Proven track record working with multidisciplinary engineering teams and external partners with exceptional organization skill and time management
 * Demonstrated success contracting and executing complex commercial, Defense, and/or NASA customer programs
 * Ability to navigate ambiguity while maintaining relentless ownership and thinking critically in a fast-paced environment
 * Excellent oral, technical writing, and presentation skills with hands-on experience negotiating technical scope and deliverables
 * Ability to travel to domestic and international locations to support customers, launch campaign operations, vendors, and conferences.

Nice to haves but not required:

 * Masters degree in aerospace, systems or related engineering field
 * Ability to obtain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance is preferred
 * 4+ years mission management, spacecraft integration, or satellite constellation experience in a start up or agile development environment
 * Experience with FAR/DFAR contracts, export compliance and licensing (e.g. ITAR, EAR, TAA)

## Description

* Coordinates successful execution of launch missions across all technical, programmatic, and financial milestones.
 * Serves as the primary point of contact for customers, owing the customer relationship, mission requirements and verifications, and is responsible for seamless planning and execution of integration and launch for individual customer satellites on dedicated and multi-manifest missions.
 * Transitions effortlessly between discussions with government and international customers about interface requirements, vehicle engineers about mission specific hardware development, and executives about program status, issues, and risks.
 * Supports our Business Development team by performing mission compatibility analysis, sales engineering and technical requirement negotiations to grow launch contract backlog.
 * Supports launch system product development by integrating space market insights and customer product interface requirements to make smart trades and increase market capture.


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