Mission Manager Crew
Mission Manager Crew
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$ 140000 - 200000
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Job Description
At Vast our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations allowing longterm stays in space without the adverse effects of zerogravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven1 scheduled to be the worlds first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in May 2026. Our team is allin committed to executing our mission safely and on time.If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity come join us.
Mission Manager Crew
Vast is looking for aMission Manager Crew reporting to the VP of Space Station Engineering to support the technical and program management of Vasts customers and programs involving human spaceflight.
This will be a fulltime exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Responsibilities:
- Manage entire crew mission including onboarding training launch onorbit experience to low earth orbital destinations being personally responsible for endtoend mission success (contract award through return and rehabilitation)
- Act as the technical subject matter expert for crewmember accommodations throughout a mission to Haven1
- Draft and own Interface Control Documents (ICD) defining all interface requirements between the customer cargo and the Vast space station and operations
- Act as the primary point of contact for Vast customers to ensure mission requirements are met in a time and costeffective manner
- Create and maintain overall project schedules with a focus on meeting customer contractual milestones and deliverables
- Work with the customer to mitigate and resolve technical and programmatic issues as they arise
- Interface with internal mission operations engineering management and production teams to ensure ontime of the mission while meeting all customer requirements
- Work closely with the Business Development team to provide presales engineering support including supporting customer meeting proposal writing and contract negotiation efforts
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in an engineering science or other technical discipline
- 5 years of experience with systems engineering technical project management or customer facing project management in the space or aerospace industry
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience with human spaceflight missions in particular directly with crew flown on missions to the International Space Station (ISS) free flyer missions or suborbital missions (strongly preferred)
- Working knowledge of crew vehicle systems (e.g. SpaceX Dragon Boeing Starliner) and ISS interface requirements
- Familiarity with writing and negotiating an Interface Control Document (ICD) with an external party
- Experience acting as the primary interface of a company and/or program to an external customer or stakeholder and able to interface with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
- Ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly concisely and consistently in both written and verbal communications
- Highly detailoriented and able to multitask in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 20 of the time
- Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones
Pay Range:
- Mission Manager: $115000 $157000
- Senior Mission Manager: $140000 $200000
Salary Range: California
$115000 $200000 USD
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS
The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls and therefore must either be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens U.S. nationals lawful permanent residents (green card holders) and asylees and refugees with such status granted not pending.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
