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Senior Manager, Test Engineering

Muon Space· Production - AIT
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San Jose, CA$207k - $230kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior leadership role leading Production Test Engineering for Muon Space, focusing on spacecraft test strategy, integration testing, and scalable test infrastructure to support high-rate production. Onsite in San Jose, CA five days a week.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop Spacecraft Test Engineers and Environmental Test Engineers.
  • Own the spacecraft production test strategy, including test requirements, procedures, scripts, configurations, limits, and acceptance criteria.
  • Define which requirements and tests should be performed at the spacecraft, module, or component level.
  • Own traceability between spacecraft test requirements and production test procedures.
  • Lead spacecraft integrated testing and transition new or immature tests into repeatable production processes.
  • Lead environmental test engineering for vibration, thermal vacuum (TVAC), thermal, EMI/EMC, and related qualification and acceptance testing.
  • Lead customer payload integration test planning and execution, including translating customer requirements into production test requirements and procedures.
  • Partner with customers and Mission Systems Engineering to define payload integration test requirements and required test capabilities.
  • Coordinate with Flight Software to identify required test features, interfaces, and test hooks.
  • Define requirements for spacecraft testbeds, EGSE, test racks, instrumentation, and other production test infrastructure.
  • Establish test capacity and infrastructure requirements based on production volume, test duration, and throughput targets.
  • Develop and execute the roadmap for scaling test engineering capabilities as spacecraft production increases.
  • Standardize and replicate mature test setups, procedures, and processes to support production growth.
  • Identify test bottlenecks and drive improvements in test time, throughput, repeatability, and ease of test.
  • Partner with Production Test Technicians to transition mature tests into production execution and resolve test-related issues.
  • Work cross-functionally with Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Mission Engineering, Flight Software, Quality, and Production to ensure test readiness.
  • Establish test engineering standards, processes, and best practices in partnership with Test & Reliability leadership.
  • Develop organizational capacity, technical depth, and cross-training to eliminate test engineering single points of failure.

Qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident.
  • 8+ years of experience in spacecraft, aerospace, defense, or complex hardware test engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience leading or managing test engineers.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and executing spacecraft or system-level test programs.
  • Experience with spacecraft AIT and integrated system testing.
  • Experience with environmental testing such as vibration, thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, or EMI/EMC.
  • Experience translating system and mission requirements into executable test procedures and acceptance criteria.
  • Experience developing testbeds, EGSE, test racks, or automated test systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to scale test processes, infrastructure, and teams to support increasing production volume.
  • Strong technical leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced aerospace production environment with changing priorities and compressed schedules.

Skills

Required:Spacecraft test program developmentEnvironmental testing (vibration, TVAC, EMI/EMC)Testbed/EGSE/test rack developmentLeadership and people management

Benefits

  • equity compensation
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation for new employees
  • 12 paid holidays
  • unlimited sick time
  • paid parental leave
Last updated Oct 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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