Overview

Stellar Solutions, a nationally recognized “Great Place to Work”, has exciting opportunities providing Engineering solutions for innovative new-entrant space companies, as well as established space systems manufacturers, commercial space system operators and service providers, and other industry stakeholders including investors.  

At Stellar Solutions, we offer talented, energetic, and immediately productive resources to satisfy our customers’ critical needs in systems engineering and integration, mission operations, program management and strategic planning. We are a leading service and expertise provider for high-tech commercial ventures, spanning communications, earth observation and remote sensing systems and data products, to the infrastructures that support earth orbiting and beyond earth orbit businesses.

Stellar Solutions is seeking a Sr. Launch Mission Integrator.  The position provides a unique opportunity to serve as launch integrator to support and drive USSF launch execution as a member of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space Team.   

Role/Responsibilities/Qualifications

This position supports the Assured Access to Space Mission Solutions Acquisition Delta and various satellite program offices as part of a collaborative team responsible for successfully planning and executing a wide variety of activities leading up to a satellite’s launch.  Successful applicant responsibilities may include procedure development, launch vehicle interface control, mission readiness support, and launch campaign operations.  Other responsibilities may include analysis facilitation and disposition of technical, programmatic, and schedule issues, and exercise of Day of launch anomaly processes and decision-making during launch rehearsals.

This role involves working closely with assigned government and contractor mission teams that may be augmented by many other elements as required to support needed manufacturing surveillance, product integrity assessments, risk management, technical evaluations, requirements development and verification, independent validation and verification, launch base surveillance, and related post flight analysis.

The successful applicant will organize face-to-face meetings and teleconferences and review technical and programmatic documentation related to assigned missions.  Work will primarily be conducted at Los Angeles AFB, CA with travel in the United States to support successful execution of NSSL missions.

Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of experience in space or launch programs and familiarity with launch vehicle missions, performance, integration, and processing
• At least 7 years Program Management experience
• Experience with USAF, NRO, or USSF Systems Engineering and Acquisition processes
• Must be able to work independently
• Ability to work proficiently on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious 
• Ability to influence without authority, working with technical and cross-functional teams

Education:

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or in STEM

Security Clearance & Other Requirements:

• U.S. Citizen with Secret Clearance; ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Compensation:

The typical salary pay range for this position is USD $155,000 - $185,000 per year. Individual pay is determined by many factors including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. 

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a comprehensive total rewards package that includes an annual performance bonus, an employer-funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) contribution based on base compensation, and comprehensive employer-paid medical benefits, PTO pay-out options, along with additional company-sponsored benefits. All of these benefits represent an additional 30-40% to your base compensation for a total compensation package.

Deliverable(s)

Drive the future of space launches with Stellar Solutions! As a Launch Integrator, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring mission success for the U.S. Space Force, working on complex satellite launches and collaborating with top-tier teams in a dynamic and innovative environment.