Lanteris Space Systems Defense & Aerospace

Sr. IT Asset Manager

Mountain View, CA In person Full-time

Location: Mountain View, CA

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Lanteris Space LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intuitive Machines, is hiring an experienced Sr. IT Asset Manager to own the end-to-end lifecycle of IT hardware equipment across the organization. This role is based onsite in our Mountain View, CA office. This is an individual contributor role (non-people-manager) responsible for hardware deployment, retrieval, onboarding, lifecycle tracking, and retirement/disposal, ensuring assets are properly provisioned, tracked, maintained, and decommissioned in accordance with company policy and audit requirements.

Intuitive Machines is a leading space infrastructure company that builds spacecraft, connects networks, and operates infrastructure-as-a-service for commercial, civil, and national security customers. With a proven track record across the space domain, the Company, through organic growth and portfolio expansion, has built over 300 spacecraft, delivered over 260 kilograms of payload to the lunar surface, and provided precision navigation expertise that has guided spacecraft across our solar system.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the full lifecycle of IT hardware assets, including procurement intake, deployment, retrieval, redeployment, and retirement/disposal
  • Maintain accurate and complete hardware asset records in the CMDB/Asset Management system, including ownership, location, status, and configuration data
  • Coordinate hardware deployment for new hires, onboarding, and new site/facility stand-ups, ensuring equipment is staged, imaged, and delivered on schedule
  • Coordinate hardware retrieval during employee offboarding, role changes, and equipment refresh cycles
  • Perform regular physical inventory audits and reconcile discrepancies between physical assets and CMDB records
  • Track asset warranty status, maintenance agreements, and end-of-life/end-of-support dates to proactively plan refresh and replacement cycles
  • Develop and maintain hardware lifecycle policies, procedures, and standard work instructions (receiving, tagging, deployment, retrieval, storage, disposal)
  • Manage secure data sanitization and compliant disposal/recycling of retired hardware, including documentation and chain-of-custody records
  • Partner with Procurement to forecast hardware needs, manage reorder points, and maintain appropriate spares/buffer stock
  • Partner with Service Desk and IT Operations to ensure asset data supports incident, request, and change management processes
  • Manage relationships with hardware vendors and asset disposition/recycling partners, including performance tracking and issue resolution
  • Support IT audits, compliance reviews, and security assessments related to hardware asset tracking and disposal
  • Identify opportunities to improve asset tracking accuracy, reduce loss/shrinkage, and streamline deployment/retrieval workflows
  • Lead IT hardware lifecycle forecasting and budget planning in partnership with IT Operations leadership
  • Provide regular reporting on asset inventory levels, lifecycle status, utilization, and disposal metrics to IT leadership
  • Support IT hardware readiness for new facilities, including initial asset onboarding into the CMDB and coordination of deployment logistics
  • Participate in on-call or after-hours support as needed for critical hardware deployment or incident-related asset needs

Minimum Requirements

  • Must be a US Citizen or permanent resident
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, or related field (four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree)
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in IT asset management, hardware lifecycle management, or IT operations
  • Experience with ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, or similar ITSM/Asset Management platforms
  • Experience with asset/inventory management systems and CMDB tools
  • Experience with hardware deployment, retrieval, and retirement/disposal processes
  • Experience conducting physical inventory audits and reconciling asset records
  • Experience with secure data sanitization and compliant IT equipment disposal practices
  • Experience with barcode/asset tagging systems and inventory tracking tools
  • Experience managing vendor relationships for hardware procurement and disposal/recycling, including performance tracking
  • Experience supporting new site/facility IT readiness and hardware onboarding
  • Experience with IT hardware lifecycle forecasting and budget planning
  • Ability to obtain ITIL Foundation certification within 6 months of hire
  • Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. on a repetitive basis and throughout the workday

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in aerospace, space, defense, manufacturing, or other highly regulated environments
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to coordinate across technical and business teams
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple deployment/retrieval priorities simultaneously as an individual contributor

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, 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 California is: $111,000.00 - $185,000.00 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. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

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 the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

To apply, submit your application via the Lanteris Space Systems Career page.

Lanteris Space Systems 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.

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