Senior Manager, Spacecraft Test Operations

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Híbrido; USD 207.000 - 230.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity grant

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our Test Operations organization for spacecraft and subsystem production.

You will supervise Spacecraft and Subsystems Test Technicians, establish staffing, and drive safe, repeatable, and efficient testing aligned with production priorities. The role emphasizes industrializing test operations, standardizing processes, and transitioning new capabilities into repeatable production.

Formación

• 10+ years in aerospace, spacecraft, defense, advanced manufacturing, or complex hardware production and test.
• 5+ years leading technical, production, integration, or test organizations.
• Experience directly leading technicians and hands-on technical teams.
• Experience with spacecraft, subsystem, avionics, electrical, functional, or environmental test operations.
• Demonstrated capability to scale teams, processes, and infrastructure in a growing production environment.
• Experience with workforce planning, staffing models, shift operations, and technician development.
• Strong understanding of flight hardware handling, configuration control, quality, safety, and hardware protection.
• Demonstrated ability to improve throughput, cycle time, utilization, and schedule performance.
• Strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills.

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• Partner with Test Engineering to transition new or immature tests into stable production operations.
• Identify and resolve operational constraints, bottlenecks, and resource conflicts.
• Develop and implement the operating model required to scale test operations with production volume.
• Establish repeatable processes, standard work, training, and qualification requirements.
• Develop capacity and labor models for stations, equipment, shifts, and future production demand.
• Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to design test infrastructure, stations, EGSE, tooling, and facilities for scalable production.
• Identify opportunities to reduce test cycle time, improve utilization, and increase throughput.
• Support the transition of new spacecraft platforms, subsystems, and test capabilities into production.
• Build organizational capability through cross-training, workforce planning, and scalable team structures.
• Establish and manage metrics for throughput, cycle time, utilization, schedule adherence, rework, and test capacity.
• Drive daily management and continuous improvement across Test Operations.
• Use operational data to identify constraints and prioritize investments in people, equipment, and infrastructure.
• Support MRR, TRR, and production readiness activities.
• Ensure operational readiness for new programs, facilities, test stations, and production lines.

Conocimientos

Test Ops leadership

Staffing & shift planning

Operational excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Safety & quality

Capacity planning

Throughput improvement

Mentoring technicians

Data-driven decisions

Educación

Experience in aerospace/test environments

Herramientas

EGSE tooling

Instrumentation knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our Test Operations organization for spacecraft and subsystem production.

You will supervise Spacecraft and Subsystems Test Technicians, establish staffing, and drive safe, repeatable, and efficient testing aligned with production priorities. The role emphasizes industrializing test operations, standardizing processes, and transitioning new capabilities into repeatable production.