ATE Engineering Manager — Lead Test Equipment 9/80

RAVE Aerospace GmbH; Brea (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and year-end shutdown

9/80 alternative work schedule

Job summary

RAVE Aerospace GmbH is seeking a Manager of Automated Test Equipment Engineering in California. You will lead strategy, design, deployment, and maintenance of automated test equipment for engineering verification, production testing, and airline maintenance operations.

You will coordinate with design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, facilities, and program teams, owning roadmaps, budgets, calbration, and documentation while driving continuous improvement and uptime.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with automated test equipment, product test systems, manufacturing test, validation labs, or technical lab operations.
• 3+ years of experience leading people, projects, technical teams, vendors, or cross-functional work packages.
• Working knowledge of test equipment lifecycle management, including design, fabrication, assembly, maintenance, troubleshooting, documentation, and configuration control.
• Experience reading engineering drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams.
• Experience in regulated environments such as aerospace, defense, or medical device industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, build, purchase, qualification, maintenance, and retirement of automated test equipment, fixtures, racks, tooling, and supporting infrastructure
• Manage daily ATE team operations, including work prioritization, resource allocation, equipment readiness, escalation support, and coordination with internal users
• Provide technical directions to ATE engineers, technicians, and cross-functional contributors supporting test equipment hardware, software, documentation, and troubleshooting
• Develop and maintain equipment roadmaps, capacity plans, budgets, schedules, risk assessments, and technical proposals with cost and lead-time estimates
• Own configuration control for test equipment, including drawings, bills of material, software versions, calibration status, operating procedures, and maintenance records
• Partner with design engineering, product engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, facilities, and program teams to align test equipment capability with business needs
• Evaluate, select, and manage vendors, suppliers, contractors, and service providers supporting test systems, fabrication, calibration, repair, and lab operations
• Drive continuous improvement in test processes, equipment uptime, lab organization, inventory control, safety practices, standard work, and operational metrics
• Ensure test equipment development activities comply with applicable safety, quality, documentation, change control, and company requirements
• Build team capability through hiring support, coaching, performance management, training plans, delegation, and clear communication of expectations
• Oversee critical hardware parts ordering/receipt, develop technical presentation packages, and lead cross-functional electrical/mechanical design reviews

Skills

ATE leadership

Vendor management

Test equipment lifecycle management

Engineering drawings interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget planning

Safety and quality compliance

Rack assemblies design detailing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related technical field

Job description

RAVE Aerospace GmbH is seeking a Manager of Automated Test Equipment Engineering in California. You will lead strategy, design, deployment, and maintenance of automated test equipment for engineering verification, production testing, and airline maintenance operations.

You will coordinate with design, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, facilities, and program teams, owning roadmaps, budgets, calbration, and documentation while driving continuous improvement and uptime.