Aerospace Test Engineering Manager — Lead & Grow Teams

Amro Fabricating Corporation; Mukilteo (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense, based in Mukilteo, WA, seeks an Engineering Manager - Test to lead a large test engineering group, centralizing labor demand, allocating resources, and ensuring engineering standards and training across concurrent programs.

The role requires 7+ years in test engineering, 5+ years in leadership (2+ in aerospace), a BS in Engineering, and DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one; the team supports DoD and aerospace programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years direct experience in test engineering.
• B.S. in Engineering.
• 5+ years engineering leadership, including 2+ years in aerospace.
• Experience in resource planning, scheduling, and people management.
• Data-driven scheduling and operational cadence across many programs.
• Support career growth and balance program needs with development.
• Ability to route design sign-offs and contested technical calls.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate labor demand across programs into a single view.
• Traffic control for resource requests; stage, sequence, resolve conflicts.
• Drive proactive hiring by identifying staffing gaps.
• Allocate resources to balance workload and support career growth.
• Track assignments against work orders; monitor utilization.
• Coordinate engineering standards and training delivery.
• Maintain qualification ladders and time-to-independence tracking.
• Define staffable work packages from engineering tasks.
• Collaborate with program leads on schedules and effort.
• Identify required skill sets and route to experts.

Skills

Test engineering leadership

Resource planning

Scheduling

People management

Aerospace experience

DoD clearance eligibility

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Job description

Karman Space & Defense, based in Mukilteo, WA, seeks an Engineering Manager - Test to lead a large test engineering group, centralizing labor demand, allocating resources, and ensuring engineering standards and training across concurrent programs.

The role requires 7+ years in test engineering, 5+ years in leadership (2+ in aerospace), a BS in Engineering, and DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one; the team supports DoD and aerospace programs.