Program Controls Specialist IV

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Firefly Aerospace

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2017

🏭 Manufacturing

📦 Logistics

🚀 Aerospace

Manufacturing • Logistics • Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace is a space transportation company specializing in developing launch vehicles and lunar landers. They offer innovative and affordable launch options, including the Alpha small-lift vehicle and Blue Ghost lander, facilitating payload delivery to the Moon and beyond. Firefly Aerospace aims to provide end-to-end space transportation solutions and has made significant achievements such as landing on the Moon and securing missions for major organizations like NASA and the U. S. Space Force.

📋 Description

• Develop, maintain, and analyze program-level Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) covering design, build, integration, test, and launch phases for multiple programs • Develop, maintain, and analyze program estimate at complete, monitor expenditures, and ensure costs align with the IMS • Conduct “what-if” scenario planning and risk analyses to evaluate scope-change impacts • Provide executive-level cost and schedule reports to leadership and customers, summarizing performance trends, risk drivers, and recovery actions • Analyze program data to report performance and status, manage driving paths, identify risks, issues, and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions • Provide input on cost and scheduling tools, templates, blended agile/waterfall scheduling, and processes supporting rapid scaling and cross-program consistency • Synchronize engineering, manufacturing, and launch activities across multiple national-security programs • Collaborate with program managers, execution teams, and external partners to align efforts with contract deliverables, milestones, budgets, and risks/opportunities • Maintain program schedules, estimates at complete, and deliverables through all program phases

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field • 5+ years of experience in program scheduling, program planning, and/or cost analysis in an engineering/manufacturing environment, preferably aerospace • Demonstrated expertise using Microsoft Project and Jira (or similar tools) for schedule development, managing logic dependencies, tracking, and analysis • Advanced knowledge in Excel • Strong fundamentals in planning and scheduling, working with teams to create an accurate IMS, cost management, and program management • Experience leading team discussions related to cost, schedule, and risk management • Familiarity with Earned Value Management (EVM), risk analysis tools, and cost and schedule reporting • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to brief executives, engineers, and government customers • U.S. citizenship • Active DoD Secret security clearance, or ability to obtain and maintain one • Familiarity with DCMA 14 Point Schedule Assessment guidelines • Experience developing IMS for hypersonic or launch vehicle systems, from concept through flight execution • Knowledge of integrated test and launch operations, range scheduling, and cross-agency coordination • Strong understanding of DoD acquisition frameworks • Direct experience in aerospace environments • Demonstrated ability to balance technical, cost, and schedule constraints to achieve customer satisfaction • Ability to lead internal training and mentoring on cost and scheduling standards, tools, and best practices • AACE and/or PMI professional certifications

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Comprehensive medical benefits • Flexible PTO • Parental leave • Educational reimbursement • Culture that values curiosity, technical excellence, and collaboration