Development Test Manager | Hardware R&D Lead

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a Manager, Development Test to lead R&D testing in a fast-paced environment and own the test strategy, building and operating test systems. You will guide a team of 4–7 engineers and technicians and drive testing across structural, dynamic, functional, and environmental domains.

You will maintain a daily dashboard for visibility into progress and priorities, balance speed with rigor, and ensure safety throughout development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on hardware testing, prototyping, lab-based engineering, and project management experience.
• Strong familiarity with instrumentation, sensors, and data acquisition systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading and growing engineering and technician teams and driving cross-functional execution.
• Experience writing technical reports, procedures, and building test result capture frameworks.
• Demonstrated capability to evaluate system-level risk and develop test strategies aligned with customers.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of 4-7 engineers and technicians.
• Design, build, train and operate test systems from concept through execution (01 development).
• Own the R&D development test strategy across structural, dynamic, functional, and environmental domains.
• Maintain a daily updated companywide dashboard with visibility into testing progress and priorities to balance speed, rigor, and resources.
• Drive tests to failure and identify primary and secondary failure modes.
• Manage multiple parallel test campaigns with effective prioritization and ownership.
• Maintain and improve test infrastructure, lab capabilities, and external resources.
• Set a culture and practice of safety

Skills

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Python

LabVIEW

JIRA

DEWESoft

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

JIRA

DEWESoft

Job description

Castelion is seeking a Manager, Development Test to lead R&D testing in a fast-paced environment and own the test strategy, building and operating test systems. You will guide a team of 4–7 engineers and technicians and drive testing across structural, dynamic, functional, and environmental domains.

You will maintain a daily dashboard for visibility into progress and priorities, balance speed with rigor, and ensure safety throughout development.