Head of Spacecraft Test Operations

Climactic; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Muon Space in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our spacecraft and subsystem test programs. You will oversee Test Technicians, staffing, and capacity planning to ensure safe, repeatable, and efficient testing aligned with production priorities.

You will collaborate with Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to standardize processes, develop scalable capacity models, and accelerate transitions of new test

Qualifications

• 10+ years in aerospace, spacecraft, defense, advanced manufacturing, or complex hardware production and test.
• 5+ years leading technical, production, integration, or test organizations.
• Experience with spacecraft, subsystem, avionics, electrical, functional, or environmental test operations.
• Demonstrated experience scaling teams, processes, and infrastructure in a growing production environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop Spacecraft and Subsystems Test Technicians and technical leads.
• Establish staffing plans, shift coverage, skill matrices, and technician development paths.
• Set daily operational priorities and drive consistent execution across teams and shifts.
• Build a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and ownership of flight hardware.
• Own day-to-day execution of spacecraft and subsystem test operations.
• Ensure tests are performed using approved procedures, configurations, tooling, and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Operational execution

Process standardization

Tools

EGSE tooling

Fixtures

Instrumentation

Job description

Muon Space in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our spacecraft and subsystem test programs. You will oversee Test Technicians, staffing, and capacity planning to ensure safe, repeatable, and efficient testing aligned with production priorities.

You will collaborate with Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to standardize processes, develop scalable capacity models, and accelerate transitions of new test