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Safety and Mission Assurance Manager

Maxar

Sourced from Maxar's careers site · Posting last seen September 26, 2025

Palo Alto, CA Posted September 26, 2025
Job description

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Maxar Space is seeking a Safety and Mission Assurance Manager to join our team in Palo Alto, CA. This role may also be performed remotely within the U.S. The Safety and Mission Assurance Manager is responsible for ensuring the contractual Mission Assurance Plan (MAP) is executed and implement on a given Spacecraft Program.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive major quality issue closure to program schedule
  • Plan and execute Product Assurance (PA) activities on complex spacecraft programs
  • Effectively manage cross functional Product Assurance team (e.g., Parts, Materials, Safety and Reliability Engineering) to deliver program PA requirements
  • Manage customer PA meetings and drive action item and NCR closure
  • Provide risk assessments for PA deliverables
  • Manage SCQE (Spacecraft Quality Engineering) activities for assigned programs
  • Lead PA Improvement activities
  • Define and monitor SMA (Safety and Mission Assurance) costs for assigned programs
  • Monthly travel to Palo Alto location is expected, if the employee is not local

Skills:

  • Project Management
  • Customer Management and Communication Experience with Maxar Systems and MS tools

Minimum Requirements:

  • Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
  • BS in an engineering or STEM discipline. An additional four years of experience may be substituted for a degree
  • 15 years of experience

In support of pay transparency at Maxar, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings.  The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

● The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $129,000.00 - $215,000.00 annually.

● The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $129,000.00 - $215,000.00 annually.

● The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $142,000.00 - $236,000.00 annually.

● The base pay for this position within California is: $149,000.00 - $247,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.maxar.com/careers/benefits

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

The date of posting can be found on Maxar’s Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via Maxar’s Career page.

Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills

  • project management
  • customer management
  • communication
  • safety
  • mission assurance
  • spacecraft
  • quality engineering
About this role

Summary

Manage spacecraft safety, quality, and mission assurance activities for space programs.

Job title

Safety and Mission Assurance Manager

Experience level

15+ years

Industry

space

Location

Palo Alto, CA · Remote

Salary

$149,000.00 - $247,000.00 annually

Listed in the job description

Management role

Yes

Posting history
  1. Sep 26, 2025 First posted
  2. Sep 26, 2025 Live now

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