ATE Engineering Manager: Test Systems & Equipment Leader

RAVE Aerospace LLC; Brea (CA); Vor Ort; USD 124.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Discretionary bonus

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Year-end holiday shutdown

9/80 alternative schedule

Zusammenfassung

RAVE Aerospace LLC seeks a Manager, Automated Test Equipment Engineering to lead the strategy, design, deployment, and ongoing improvement of automated test systems used in verification, production testing, troubleshooting, and airline maintenance.

You will manage the ATE team, coordinate priorities with engineering and manufacturing, ensure equipment safety and documentation, and guide lifecycle planning, budgeting, and vendor engagements to meet program and production commitments.

Qualifikationen

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

Aufgaben

• Lead the 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.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Project management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Inventory control

Budget planning

Test equipment

Ausbildung

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PDM systems

Jobbeschreibung

RAVE Aerospace LLC seeks a Manager, Automated Test Equipment Engineering to lead the strategy, design, deployment, and ongoing improvement of automated test systems used in verification, production testing, troubleshooting, and airline maintenance.

You will manage the ATE team, coordinate priorities with engineering and manufacturing, ensure equipment safety and documentation, and guide lifecycle planning, budgeting, and vendor engagements to meet program and production commitments.