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Sr. Mission Assurance Manager
Blue Canyon Technologies - Boulder, CO
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future. Position Purpose: Mission Assurance Managers support program execution of mission assurance requirements through direct engagement on program teams and with customers.
Responsibilities
- Provide independent oversite for program execution for overall program risk and mission success in a Mission Class C/D environment.
- Establish and execute mission assurance requirements for each assigned program tracking and delivering all program internal and customer deliverables (SDRLs/CDRLs).
- Lead a team of cross functional Mission and Quality assurance engineers.
- Work with design assurance; reliability, EEE parts, radiation and M&P to meet program requirements and needs.
- Lead program and product line Failure Review Boards.
- Support non-conformance process and material review boards.
- Support Risk and Opportunity Boards as a voting member.
- Write and close Mission Assurance Bulletins supporting cross program and product line anomaly communication.
- Support to department for process updates and cross functional communication.
Requirements
- 10+ years' experience in a related mission assurance or quality role. Preferred 5+ years in space mission assurance.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent discipline.
- Experience in any of the following disciplines: Quality Assurance, System Safety Engineering, Environment/Safety/Health, Reliability, Parts Engineering, and Materials and Processes.
- Knowledge of Quality Systems and Processes.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to work teams through difficult conversations to resolution.
- Strong communication skills written and verbal. Presentation experience is required.
- Ability to learn new processes quickly and effectively multi-task and exercise time management.
- Team player within and outside Mission Assurance.
- Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.
Benefits
- 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
- Life insurance
- 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
- Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave
