Senior Manager, Test Operations, Space
Core
Lead the build and scale of a new production test organization for space vehicles, defining test procedures, managing environmental test execution, and driving design-for-test to enable high-rate manufacturing.
Role type
Senior Manager, Test Operations (Space Systems)
Builds
Production test infrastructure, test procedures, and a multi-domain test team for space vehicle lines.
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Space Systems
Required skills
Spacecraft integration and test leadership, Environmental test execution (thermal vacuum, vibration, acoustic, shock, EMI/EMC), Test organization building and scaling, Design-for-test (DfT), Test campaign definition and readiness, Security clearance eligibility, Test data review and disposition
Preferred skills
Test throughput/cycle time optimization, Test procedure authoring for flight hardware, Proposal development and cost estimation, Stand-up of environmental test capability from zero, High-rate production scaling, Test automation and Python scripting
Technologies
Python, Automated test execution, Test data pipelines
Responsibilities
Recruit and mentor a multi-domain test organization; Define vehicle-level acceptance and qualification test procedures; Lead environmental test execution and chamber scheduling; Drive design-for-test requirements to reduce test duration; Specify production test capability and capacity models; Represent test operations in proposal development and technical reviews.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership
