Senior Manager, Mission Systems Test & Evaluation

Visa Hunt; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks a Senior Manager, Test & Evaluation to own T&E strategy and execution for a portfolio of Mission Systems sensor and payload programs.

You will lead a team of test engineers, run field campaigns at operational ranges, and ensure data quality as programs push to ship. Strong leadership, hands-on testing, and cross-functional collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in EE, physics, aerospace, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
• 10+ years in test engineering, systems T&E, integration & test, or flight test, with progressively increasing scope.
• 3+ years managing engineering teams, including hiring, performance management, and technical mentorship.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% during critical test phases.
• Possess a Top Secret US Security clearance, with eligibility for SCI access.
• Aptitude for leadership and desire to be a people leader first, manager second.
• Deep experience testing sensor or payload systems - EO/IR, radar, RF/EW, LADAR, or comparable.
• Experience producing or leading teams to produce customer facing test process deliverables (test plans, test reports, data analysis, etc.) and demonstrated maturity to articulate deliverable to a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience conducting safety planning or risk management.
• Hands'on with wiring diagrams, signal chains, networking basics, and HW-vs-SW failure isolation.
• Must be able to take guidance or intent and turn it into actionable results with a team.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and solve problems across a variety of engineering areas.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers; demonstrated ability to collect differing opinions and reconcile them in order to achieve agreement on what 'right' looks like.
• Able to work extended hours on test sites or in support of testing as required.

Responsibilities

• Own all results of your team, both the good and the bad.
• Own T&E strategy and execution for a portfolio of Mission Systems sensor and payload programs.
• Lead by example and be willing to dive into technical work with your team and perform IC tasks when required.
• Define the roadmap, resources, and technical approach — and provide clear situation reports to leadership.
• Lead a team of T&E engineers – hire, mentor, and set the technical bar for sensor testing at Anduril.
• Build test plans that answer real engineering questions: sensor performance envelopes, environmental sensitivities, integration failure modes, and mission-representative scenarios.
• Run field campaigns at internal and external test ranges; own safety case, risk mitigation, data collection, and post-test analysis.
• Manage budgets, lab and shop resources, and project timelines across multiple parallel test efforts.
• Evolve your team’s structure to match T&E engineering needs and business lines.
• Partner with product line leadership and stakeholders to phase T&E into schedules with agile, safety-compliant governance.
• Drive the test data pipeline and ensure findings reach engineering fast.
• Represent T&E in reviews, TRB/SRBs, and customer test events.
• Accountable for administrative requirements for team members.

Skills

Test & Evaluation

Leadership

Sensor testing

Field campaigns

Budget management

Cross-functional collaboration

Wiring diagrams basics

Education

EE/Physics/Aerospace degree

Tools

C++

Python

MATLAB

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

Test equipment experience

Networking basics

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks a Senior Manager, Test & Evaluation to own T&E strategy and execution for a portfolio of Mission Systems sensor and payload programs.

You will lead a team of test engineers, run field campaigns at operational ranges, and ensure data quality as programs push to ship. Strong leadership, hands-on testing, and cross-functional collaboration are required.