Front Desk Security- Shift

AST Space Mobile is building the first and only global cellular broadband network in space to operate directly with standard, unmodified mobile devices based on our extensive IP and patent portfolio and designed for both commercial and government applications. Our engineers and space scientists are on a mission to eliminate the connectivity gaps faced by today’s five billion mobile subscribers and finally bring broadband to the billions who remain unconnected.

The Front Desk Security Officer is responsible for executing daily physical security operations at primary facility entry points within an aerospace manufacturing environment. This role focuses on controlling ingress and egress, enforcing access governance, protecting export‑controlled and IP‑sensitive areas, and ensuring the safety of employees, visitors, and high‑value assets including prototypes and flight hardware.

The position serves as the first line of defense for facility security and operates in close coordination with Corporate Security, EH&S, Facilities, HR, IT, and Program Leadership to maintain controlled access, regulatory compliance, and life safety standards.

This position is currently assigned to a weekend day shift working Friday through Sunday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (3x12 schedule)

The location will be at one of our four facilities located between Odessa and Midland.

• Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive physical security programs across manufacturing, R&D, integration, test, and corporate facilities.
• Conduct recurring risk assessments, threat analyses, and vulnerability audits, with focus on restricted manufacturing areas, program‑controlled spaces, and IP‑dense environments.
• Oversee security infrastructure including CCTV, electronic access control systems, intrusion detection, alarms, perimeter security, lighting, and monitoring platforms.
• Establish and enforce enterprise security standards, policies, and procedures aligned with aerospace regulatory, contractual, and customer requirements.

• Architect and manage secure ingress and egress processes controlling movement of employees, contractors, visitors, customers, and vendors.
• Administer enterprise access control programs including badging, biometrics, key control, escorting procedures, and visitor management systems.
• Define zoning strategies, tiered access levels, and program‑specific restrictions for sensitive manufacturing, R&D, and test environments.
• Partner with Facilities, IT, HR, and Program Management to ensure access provisioning and deprovisioning align with onboarding, transfers, program assignments, and terminations.
• Lead emergency evacuation and shelter‑in‑place planning, ensuring life safety measures do not compromise controlled or classified assets.

• Implement physical safeguards protecting export‑controlled technologies, proprietary designs, trade secrets, prototypes, tooling, and flight hardware.
• Establish secure handling, storage, transport, and destruction protocols for sensitive materials and physical media.
• Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, IT Security, and Program Leadership to ensure physical controls align with ITAR/EAR and contractual obligations.
• Monitor, investigate, and remediate suspected IP compromise or unauthorized physical access incidents.
• Support internal and external audits related to controlled areas, asset accountability, and IP protection frameworks.

• Lead security incident response for events impacting personnel safety, restricted facilities, export‑controlled programs, prototypes, and hardware in coordination with EH&S leadership.
• Operate within a joint Security–EH&S incident command structure prioritizing life safety, IP containment, regulatory compliance, and program continuity.
• Conduct investigations related to unauthorized access, IP compromise, injuries within secure areas, or environmental incidents impacting restricted spaces.
• Integrate EH&S root cause analysis methodologies with security investigations to address systemic breakdowns in both…