Firefly Aerospace
Instrumentation & Controls Manager Engineering GSE
Briggs, TX · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5 years in relevant integration and/or testing; minimum 2 years of direct management or team leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State, to comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations including ITAR.
About the job
Leads a team designing, testing, and deploying instrumentation and control systems for ground support equipment used with launch vehicles and spacecraft.
What you'll do
- Manage and mentor engineers, including setting goals, allocating resources, and supporting development.
- Oversee GSE control and instrumentation system design, testing, deployment, and technical drawing reviews.
- Coordinate cross-functional ground support projects, troubleshoot test systems, analyze test data, and manage project capital budgets.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in integration and/or testing of process control systems, spacecraft test equipment, or launch systems.
- Minimum 2 years of direct management or team leadership experience.
- Hands-on electrical fundamentals with DMMs, power supplies, oscilloscopes, and small ADC/DAC circuits; working knowledge of common electrical sensors.
Nice to have
- Spacecraft or launch vehicle test and validation experience; launch site operations and GSE deployment experience.
- Experience programming PLCs/FPGAs, HMIs, or automated testing scripts in LabVIEW, Python, or similar.
Tools
DMMs, power supplies, oscilloscopes, ADC/DAC circuits, PLCs/FPGAs, LabVIEW, Python, National instruments
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