
Contracts Management Specialist – Millennium Space Systems
El Segundo, CAFull-time$96–174K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing company, seeks a Contracts Management Specialist to support its Contracts team. The role leads contracting actions, including proposal development, contract negotiation, and administration for existing programs, while maintaining working relationships with U.S. Government customers. It is a full-time, onsite position in El Segundo, California, hiring at level 3 or 4.
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Contracts Management Specialist – Millennium Space Systems
Company: Millennium Space Systems
Millennium Space Systems, a part of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), is a fast, agile small satellite company focused on national security space. Our missions have direct impact to global security, like missile warning and Earth observation.
Our team is curious, bold, and innovative. We take risks, innovate and explore new techniques and technologies. We influence change because we challenge the status quo. And when we watch our satellites launch, we know each one of us made it happen.
We are seeking a Contracts Management Specialist to support the Contracts team. This Contract Management position is a key member of the team and is responsible for leading various contracting actions such as developing complex and quality proposals, negotiating new contracts and change orders, and performing contract administration on existing programs. This role will develop and maintain effective working relationships with United States Government (USG) customers. This is a full-time position that is onsite at our office in El Segundo, California.
This position's internal job title is Contracts Management Spec. Our team is currently hiring for a level 3 or 4.
Position Responsibilities:
- Interfacing with customers and business partners and conducting proposal preparation, contract negotiation, and contract administration within a portfolio of programs
- Proposal preparation: examining proposal requirements, analyzing terms and conditions to evaluate risk, review Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for accuracy and completeness to provide for proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications
- Contract administration: processing contractual documentation and reports, advising management of contractual rights and obligations, compilation and analyses of data and maintenance of historical information
- Facilitating proper shipment, billing, and payment collection for deliveries and interfacing with DCMA as required
- Preparing weekly and monthly reports and maintenance of assigned contracts
- Duties may also include the preparation of proprietary information agreements, associate contractor agreements, export licenses/agreements, and various types of memoranda
- Understand and interpret FAR guidelines for specific contract types and manage flow downs
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 5+ years of contract-related experience
- Knowledge of the FAR and DFARS, general knowledge of pre-award and post-award federal government contracting industry practices, techniques, and standards
- Experience with various contract types, including cost plus, fixed price and time and materials required
- This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
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Ability to demonstrate the skill and ability to perform moderately complex contracts administration tasks and support development of competitive proposals
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Ability to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity and work under minimal supervision
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Experience working with commercial partners in the defense industry
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Experience working with the government as a prime contractor, preferably for DOD
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Experience working with Other Transaction Agreements (OTA)
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Experience with CostPoint
Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug Free Workplace: Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Total Rewards: At Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
Millennium Space Systems also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. Summary pay range:
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Level 3: $96,050 - $141,250
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Level 4: $118,150 - $173,750
Millennium is DDTC-registered, ITAR-compliant Company. This position is located at a facility that requires special access. Applicants MUST be U.S. citizens and eligible for a security clearance. Additionally, applicants must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance. We encourage all interested candidates to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified.
Category = Corporate
Language Requirements: Not Applicable
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Relocation: This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Export Control Requirement: This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Safety Sensitive: This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.
Security Clearance: This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift: Shift 1 (United States of America)
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How this job compares
Set against the 515 open Contract Administration jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$96–174K/yr
- California median$75–123K/yr30 salary ranges
- US median$85–152K/yr313 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $135K, is 41% above the California median midpoint ($95K) — in the top quarter of Contract Administration salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Contract Administration jobs in California and 515 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Stantec11 open
- Northrop Grumman3 open
- The Boeing Company (this employer)3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Contract Administration postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (425 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 179 of the 515 open Contract Administration jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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