Business Intelligence Analyst

Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company that enables our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the only commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the only company to achieve a successful Moon landing. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space. SUMMARY As a Business Intelligence Analyst, you'll play a key role in transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive efficiency, optimization, and strategic execution. From manufacturing, production, quality, and inventory management, you'll partner with stakeholders to deliver user-friendly, high-impact dashboards and analyses that enable data-driven decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys problem-solving, and has a strong technical background in BI tools, SQL, and data standardization. You will not only deliver insights but also track and measure the impact of data-driven process improvements. RESPONSIBILITIES Build, maintain, and improve interactive Power BI dashboards and analyses that provide real-time, cross-functional insights to drive strategic and operational decision-making Standardize KPI definitions and reporting processes, documenting metric calculations, assumptions, and limitations to ensure consistency and scalability Write and optimize SQL queries for data extraction, transformation, and reporting, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in the resulting datasets across multiple sources Present insights to department leads, enabling them to make data-driven operational process improvements, then track and measure the impact of those changes Collaborate with business and technical owners of internal tools (and resulting data feeds) to ensure data infrastructure supports accurate, efficient analytics workflows Maintain data governance and quality standards, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and adherence to the BI team's "source-of-truth" data models QUALIFICATIONSRequired 2+ years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or data modeling in a cross-functional business environment Minimum 1+ years of working in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, industrial industries 2+ years of experience using Power BI, with strong proficiency in DAX, Power Query (M), and data modeling Proficiency in SQL for querying databases, data transformation (ETL/ELT), and creating optimized reporting views Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights and explain them to business users Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, updating stakeholders/business users according to their desired cadence/method Must be willing to travel between Firefly's Texas facilities, (HQ in Cedar Park, Rocket Ranch in Briggs, and Spacecraft facility in Leander) Experience in driving business policy changes to improve data cleanliness and quality. Desired Experience with AI/ML models for predictive analytics and automation Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, including the creation and implementation Experience with Python or R for advanced data analytics Demonstrated curiosity with a proactive approach to understanding business challenges and opportunities Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options. To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.