Trueanomaly
Test Engineering Manager
1mo ago
USALeadtest managementcapacity planningprocess improvementautomation
Manage test engineering teams to deliver fully tested spacecraft components and systems on schedule and improve test processes.
Requirements
- Work Location —this a fully onsite position based out of our Centennial, CO office.
- Work environment —the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
- Physical demands —the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
- This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Onsite
- 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.
- True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.
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Conditions
- Base Salary: $135,000 - $225,000
- Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
- Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.
Other
- Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.
- OUR MISSION
- True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.
- OUR VALUES
- Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
- What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
- It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.
- Lead and mentor high-performing teams of test engineers across multiple sites, providing direction and motivation to complete the mission, growing capacity within our most important asset: our people.
- Manage the team and cross-team test coordination utilizing effective and efficient tools that reduce friction and fuel high-quality, high-rate output.
- Own execution of test to meet program commitments including component, subsystem, and vehicle-level hardware testing, electrical systems, environmental qualification, and automation testing for qualification and acceptance.
- Drive load capacity planning: forecast demand, balance resources across sites, maximize efficiency, and ensure teams are properly staffed and focused.
- Provide accurate inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), engineering reviews, and test reviews, aligning test activities with program needs.
- Own and continuously improve test processes, ensuring efficiency, repeatability, and compliance.
- Drive partnership with design teams to ensure high-quality design that not only meets requirements, but can be tested to the qualification requirements of a program.
- Champion efficiency and automation initiatives to reduce cycle time, improve first-time test success, and scale acceptance and qualification repeatability.
- Ensure test facilities and workspaces are clean, organized, and optimized for safety and efficiency.
- Test schedules executed with milestones met and acceptance/qualification test campaigns delivered at required quality.
- Efficiency and automation efforts measurably reduce turn time and increase throughput each iteration.
- Capacity plans that maximize utilization, minimize downtime, while preventing bottlenecks.
- High first-time yield at quality with reduced anomalies demonstrate process maturity.
- Team engagement and technical excellence known across the organization.
- Test processes that are scalable, disciplined, and trusted by stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
- First-principles driven approach to engineering and problem solving backed by ability to scale analytical rigor to meet program risk levels and maturity.
- 5+ years of experience in space component, space system, developmental system, or complex system test across electrical, mechanical, fluids, and environmental domains, including thermal, vacuum, vibration, and electromagnetic interference/electromagnetic compatibility (EMI/EMC) environments.
- Mastered use of test processes, tools, and practices including test plans, test equipment design, development, and implementation, and the integration of automation components across these systems.
- Experience setting up test architecture in a manufacturing and test execution system (Epsilon 3 or equivalent).
- Experience with field test of flight vehicles or launch execution.
- Experience with space-grade and ESD sensitive component and assembly testing.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and maintain test equipment and facilities including environmental, structural or mechanical, fluids, and electrical test.
- Master's degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering, or equivalent discipline.
- Extensive experience with test ground support equipment (GSE) and electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) design, development, and implementation in test.
- Demonstrated ability to stand up spacecraft/component test and environmental test facilities, including vibration, thermal, vacuum, EMI/EMC, fluids, pressure, and launch facilities.
- Active DoD clearance or ability to obtain one.