Sr. Mission Assurance Manager

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: Mission Assurance Managers support program execution of mission assurance requirements through direct engagement on program teams and with customers. 

Title: Senior Mission Assurance Manager

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $125,000 - $185,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Boulder or Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide independent oversite for program execution for overall program risk and mission success in a Mission Class C/D environment.
• Establish and execute mission assurance requirements for each assigned program tracking and delivering all program internal and customer deliverables (SDRLs/CDRLs).
• Lead a team of cross functional Mission and Quality assurance engineers.
• Work with design assurance; reliability, EEE parts, radiation and M&P to meet program requirements and needs.
• Lead program and product line Failure Review Boards.
• Support non-conformance process and material review boards.
• Support Risk and Opportunity Boards as a voting member.
• Write and close Mission Assurance Bulletins supporting cross program and product line anomaly communication.
• Support to department for process updates and cross functional communication.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience in a related mission assurance or quality role. Preferred 5+ years in space mission assurance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent discipline.
• Experience in any of the following disciplines: Quality Assurance, System Safety Engineering, Environment/Safety/Health, Reliability, Parts Engineering, and Materials and Processes.
• Knowledge of Quality Systems and Processes.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to work teams through difficult conversations to resolution.
• Strong communication skills written and verbal. Presentation experience is required.
• Ability to learn new processes quickly and effectively multi-task and exercise time management.
• Team player within and outside Mission Assurance.
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines.  BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected factor. Colorado Residents:  In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.  Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at [email protected].

We recommend applying directly via the Blue Canyon Technologies website, careers page:  https://www.bluecanyontech.com/careers/