Jobs at Sierra Space

Install, inspect, test, adjust, and repair avionics equipment and systems. Perform advanced equipment setup, precision cleaning, fixture fabrication, and apply 5S, FOD, ESD practices. Serve as SME/lead for a work center, support test engineers, document issues, and specialize in two of three test work centers to ensure avionics reliability and mission readiness.

Plans and schedules material procurement to support production requirements. Manages inventory levels using ERP/MRP systems, forecasts material demand, coordinates with procurement, manufacturing, engineering, and logistics, resolves quality, delivery, and pricing issues, and reports on material planning and inventory performance.

Manage and troubleshoot IT systems including OS installation/configuration, network configurations, virtualization, automation scripting, backup/recovery design, user and resource administration, Active Directory and Group Policy management, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support IT projects and improve infrastructure reliability.

Lead strategic initiatives to improve production efficiency and quality, design and optimize manufacturing processes, mentor junior engineers, integrate new products with production, oversee maintenance and predictive maintenance programs, diagnose complex equipment issues, and manage projects including budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation in an aerospace/defense manufacturing environment.

Support senior engineers on mechanical, propulsion, structures, or environmental systems projects. Collect and analyze data, assist with design and evaluation, resolve routine technical issues, prepare technical documentation and reports, and collaborate within cross-functional teams while communicating technical concepts clearly.

The Production Planner II coordinates production schedules, aligns resources, and supports Lean Manufacturing. The role involves data analysis and cross-department collaboration to optimize production operations.

Lead technician responsible for assembling, testing, inspecting, and maintaining flight mechanical hardware. Perform precision drilling, bonding, soldering, harness routing, and structural fabrication. Ensure tolerances with calibrated tools, enforce shop safety (PPE, 5S, FOD, ESD), troubleshoot, lead technician teams, and perform precision cleaning and in-process testing.

The Sr Program Planning Scheduling & Control Analyst leads planning and scheduling for complex programs, manages budgets, performs financial analyses, and ensures compliance with cost control guidelines while mentoring team members.

Oversee the full contract lifecycle, including drafting, negotiation, execution, administration, compliance, solicitation analysis, risk assessment, and records management. Lead complex contract negotiations and interpret government and commercial contracting requirements, including FAR and DFARS. Collaborate with legal, procurement, project management, and other stakeholders to achieve favorable outcomes, maintain compliance, and improve contract management processes and standards.

Lead multiple software engineering components or enterprise focus areas, set strategic/tactical plans, guide subordinate managers, drive technology adoption and organizational change, manage finances and schedules, engage executive stakeholders, and ensure alignment of engineering activities with business goals while supporting national-security missions.

Lead inventory and logistics strategy for aerospace missions: optimize inventory levels, streamline transportation and warehousing, manage suppliers, ensure compliance with export/government regulations, drive digital transformation and KPIs, and mentor cross-functional teams to maintain mission readiness.

Design, implement, and evaluate spacecraft GNC algorithms and FDIR. Develop SIMULINK/STK simulations, model sensors/actuators, run Monte Carlo analyses, validate GNC flight software, ensure requirement compliance, and communicate technical results to stakeholders.

Lead and optimize IT technical support operations, manage and develop support teams, implement ITIL-aligned processes, oversee ticketing and asset management, maintain security/compliance, manage vendor relationships and budgets, and drive continuous improvement and self-service solutions.

The Senior Director of Enterprise Applications leads the transformation of business systems into an integrated enterprise architecture, focusing on SAP and MES solutions, optimizing operations, and ensuring compliance in aerospace.

Provide technical leadership for major aerospace programs: maintain technical baseline, oversee design/development/testing, resolve complex multidisciplinary technical issues, reduce technical risk, adjudicate configuration gaps, and build and execute program-level technical strategies to ensure mission success.

As a Structural Analysis Engineer II, you will design, analyze, and develop structural systems, applying technical principles under general supervision and collaborating with mechanical teams.

Manage procurement for complex orders, negotiate supplier terms, assess supplier performance, maintain procurement documentation and compliance, identify market trends and cost-saving opportunities, and use ERP/MRP tools (e.g., SAP) and Excel to support sourcing and supplier management.

As a Test Engineer III, you will lead testing and validation of aerospace systems, managing requirements and conducting Verification and Validation (V&V) activities while mentoring junior engineers.

The Program Manager II leads program management with responsibility for cost, schedule, and performance, ensuring successful outcomes through comprehensive planning and execution across cross-functional teams.

Lead and manage mission design and analysis engineers to define mission parameters, perform trajectory and performance analysis, integrate mission requirements with systems engineering, support trade studies, manage budgets/resources, mitigate technical risks, and drive digital engineering and process improvements across spacecraft and ground system designs.