LTV Risk Lead

About Intuitive Machines

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting‑edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With the first commercial lunar landing in history and multiple NASA lunar missions in development, we pride ourselves on supporting our customers and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon.

Position: LTV Risk Lead – Lunar Terrain Vehicle

Location:

Houston, Texas, United States

Employment in this role is contingent upon NASA Selecting Intuitive Machines as the winner of the LTVS program, scheduled for announcement later in 2025.

• Establish and manage day‑to‑day processes, workflows, products, and SOP for the risk operations group as part of the larger LTV Operations team.
• Build, train, and manage a high‑performing risk team to support LTV operations.
• Act as the primary technical liaison for collaboration with other LTV Operations group leads and LTV engineering personnel to ensure integration for successful mission execution.
• Support real‑time mission operations.
• Responsible for anomaly tracking and resolution plans, processes, compliance, and maintenance.
• Ensure safety compliance for all LTV training and mission activities and equipment to maintain TMR readiness for NASA and commercial LTV missions.

• Bachelor’s degree in an accredited STEM or related field with 8+ years of experience, or M.S. with 5+ years of experience.
• Experience with anomaly tracking, response, and resolution processes, workflows, products, and SOP.
• Real‑time anomaly response and resolution tracking.
• Experience with risk management and mitigation.
• Supporting mission timeline, procedure, and contingency planning development.
• Familiarity with Class A spaceflight safety standards, processes, and requirements.
• Experience managing or supporting non‑conformance tracking.
• Exceptional leadership, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Experience with processes, workflows, product development, and SOP.
• Excellent organization and time management skills with attention to detail.
• Proven ability to work across multiple teams and balance competing priorities.
• Self‑motivated, focused, and driven to meet critical deadlines.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
• Team‑oriented with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• In‑office presence required in Houston, Texas.

• Experience with Class A spaceflight missions, human spaceflight, or human‑rated vehicle development.
• Experience with autonomous spaceflight missions, spaceflight robotics, or autonomous mission development.
• Experience establishing or managing day‑to‑day processes, workflows, products, and SOP.
• Experience implementing Class A spaceflight safety processes, procedures, and requirements.
• Experience managing teams.
• Experience with spaceflight operation execution.
• Experience communicating and mitigating development for risks, constraints, limits, and contingency response.
• Flexibility and creativity to seek, create, and utilize operations and systems engineering practices that suit a lean and agile lunar operations company without sacrificing technical excellence and integrity.
• Spacecraft integration and testing experience.
• Experience translating design information and technical documentation into functional operations protocols, procedures, and mission sequences/timelines.
• Experience with documentation and collaboration tools such as Confluence, Jira, MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).

Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity 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.