Senior Manager, Hardware Reliability & Test
Core
Lead the Hardware Reliability & Test organization to ensure consistent qualification of spacecraft hardware from module to fully assembled levels.
Role type
Senior Manager, Hardware Reliability & Test
Builds
Spacecraft qualification test frameworks, standards, databases, and shared test resources for mission-critical data delivery.
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Hardware Reliability
Required skills
Qualifying complex hardware for spaceflight, leading engineering teams, defining processes for consistency, reliability analysis methods (FMEA, fault trees, statistical modeling), software-driven test frameworks, automated test infrastructure
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in engineering, spacecraft environmental test standards (NASA GEVS, SMC-S-016), standing up new teams/processes, test data pipelines at scale, industry reliability standards (MIL-HDBK-217, ECSS, ISO 26262, AEC-Q)
Responsibilities
Build and grow the Hardware Reliability & Test organization, own vehicle and subsystem qualification, refine quantitative reliability models, own hardware test frameworks and tooling, deliver standard spacecraft-level tests, provide shared test resources, communicate reliability posture to leadership and customers
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on leadership
