K2 Space
Senior Launch Mission Manager
$140K–$175K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted May 11, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years in technical aerospace or manufacturing; 2+ years managing projects, technical trades, and/or technical teams. Preferred: 8+ years and 4+ years, respectively.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or science. Preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering or science discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Manages certification, verification, and launch integration across K2 customer, payload, and launch-provider missions to help ensure successful spaceflight execution.
What you'll do
- Coordinate certification and compliance, including range safety, launch vehicle requirements, operations plans, payload certification, and qualification reports.
- Act as liaison among K2, launch providers, and payload providers; support readiness reviews and help resolve integration and execution risks.
- Shape certification processes and contribute to future customer and launch-vehicle contracts and statements of work.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, or science.
- 5+ years of experience in technical aerospace or manufacturing.
- 2+ years of experience managing projects, technical trades, and/or technical teams.
- Strong understanding of launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems and their certification and/or verification processes; exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering or science discipline; 8+ years of technical aerospace or manufacturing experience; 4+ years managing projects or technical trades.
- Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance; experience leading spacecraft qualification, verification, or certification; payload or launch-provider contracts and SOWs; process improvement; executive summaries; project ownership; ability to travel up to 25%.
Pay
USD 140,000 - USD 175,000 base salary
Tools
launch vehicles, spacecraft, range safety, launch vehicle ICDs, ground operations plan, payload certification plan, qualification reports
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