Reflect Orbital

Reflect Orbital

Mission Manager (Senior/Principal)

Hawthorne, CA · Principal

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About the role

  • Your job is to make sure Reflect never misses a launch or regulatory milestone because an input was late, a requirement was misunderstood, or a critical task lacked a clear owner.

Responsibilities

  • Own mission execution from launch-opportunity selection through launch readiness, launch campaign, and handoff to on-orbit operations
  • Serve as Reflect's primary interface with launch providers, launch integrators, regulatory counsel, government agencies, and other mission partners
  • Build and maintain the integrated mission schedule, including external deliverables, regulatory milestones, technical reviews, launch-provider deadlines, dependencies, risks, and internal owners
  • Translate launch-provider and regulatory requirements into clear internal deliverables, identify the correct owners, and drive inputs to completion
  • Run mission reviews, maintain action-item and decision logs, follow up relentlessly, and ensure commitments are closed on schedule
  • develop recovery plans and escalate decisions before they threaten the mission
  • Maintain a clear source of truth for mission status so engineering and leadership always understand what is due, what is blocked, and what requires attention
  • Build lightweight, repeatable systems that allow Reflect to manage an increasing number of spacecraft and launches without unnecessary process or bureaucracy
  • Support launch-site and campaign activities when needed
  • Identify schedule, regulatory, and integration risks early; develop recovery plans and escalate decisions before they threaten the mission

Requirements

  • You have 5+ years of experience in spacecraft mission management, launch integration, regulatory affairs, technical program management, satellite operations, or a similarly complex aerospace environment.
  • You have personally owned significant portions of the launch-provider integration or regulatory process for at least one spacecraft mission
  • You have experience with FCC spacecraft licensing, experimental licensing, spectrum coordination, earth-station licensing, or similar regulatory processes
  • You can turn a long, ambiguous external request into a complete list of internal actions, owners, dependencies, and deadlines
  • You do not need to be a practicing engineer, but you are technically fluent enough to understand spacecraft requirements, review technical deliverables, and recognize when an answer is incomplete or inconsistent
  • You have strong judgment and know when to resolve an issue independently, when to pull in technical experts, and when to escalate a decision
  • Reflect Orbital is hiring a Senior or Principal Mission Manager to own the launch and regulatory execution required to get our spacecraft to orbit.
  • Own FCC licensing and spectrum-coordination workflows in partnership with engineering and outside counsel, including applications, modifications, technical exhibits, responses, reporting, and other required submissions
  • You have 5+ years of experience in spacecraft mission management, launch integration, regulatory affairs, technical program management, satellite operations, or a similarly complex aerospace environment. We care more about demonstrated ownership than years.
  • You understand how launch manifests, mission schedules, spacecraft interfaces, safety reviews, licensing, spectrum coordination, and launch-readiness reviews fit together
  • You are exceptionally organized and can manage hundreds of details without losing sight of the mission's critical path
  • You write clearly, communicate directly, and are comfortable representing the company with launch providers, regulators, attorneys, engineers, and executives
  • You can drive work across teams without relying on formal authority and are comfortable following up until commitments are complete
  • You move quickly in ambiguous environments and build enough process to create reliability without slowing the company down

Compensation

  • Reflect Orbital's success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we're able.

Benefits

  • Reflect Orbital's success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we're able.
  • Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy
  • Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K
  • Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year encouraged
  • Review submissions for accuracy, completeness, and consistency before they leave the company

Company info

  • At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change.
  • If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.
  • Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you.
  • We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Equal opportunity

  • Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
  • More about Reflect Orbital:
  • Learn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team
  • Equal Opportunity Employer
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